Liquefaction

Bechtel has announced a number of changes to its executive leadership, which will be effective 1 September 2016.

Cheniere and Bechtel have announced substantial completion of Train 1 at the Sabine Pass liquefaction project.

A Japanese delegation recently toured Port MacKenzie, the site of a proposed 1 million tpy small scale LNG plant.

SapuraKencana Energy has announced that it has made a significant gas discovery from its three wells 2015 drilling campaign within the Block SK408 Production Sharing Contract area.

Gazprom has announced that working meetings have taken place with China National Petroleum Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. looking at possibilities for cooperation, including in the LNG sector.

The US DOE has issued two orders denying Sierra Club’s rehearing requests for orders authorising non-FTA LNG exports from Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Sabine Pass.

While on a trade mission to South Korea, the Philippines and Japan, the Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark, has renewed an agreement with Japan Oils, Gas and Metals National Corp.

Bechtel has released a video offering an overview of the three LNG projects on Curtis Island, Australia: Gladstone LNG; Australia Pacific LNG; and Queensland Curtis LNG.

T. A. Cook Consultants examines how the Zohr gas field discovery will transform Egypt from a net importer to a net exporter of LNG.

TransCanada Corp. has released a statement claiming that its Coastal GasLink pipeline project has now signed a total of 13 project agreements with First Nations.

Corpus Christi Liquefaction has informed FERC that its total project has now progressed to 33.5% complete.

Alpha Process Controls has expanded its facilities for ERC coupling production and testing.

The US DOE has granted Flint Hills Resources authorization to export LNG to non-FTA countries.

Connect LNG has awarded the detail engineering contract for its UTS loading system to Vard Engineering.

According to Reuters, Qatar is expecting to commence LNG exports from its Golden Pass joint venture in 2021.