Liquefaction

Black & Veatch has released a statement claiming that Ed Walsh – the President of the company’s power business – has been appointed to the Board of Directors.

According to Reuters, Origin Energy is considering a potential spin-off of its gas production business, and has hired Macquarie Capital as an advisor.

HiLoad LNG AS and Technip have presented a new LNG offloading solution at the OTC conference in Houston, Texas, US.

Cheniere Energy Inc. has announced that the board of directors has appointed Jack A. Fusco as President and CEO of the company.

Height Securities has completed the fourth round of financing for Venture Global LNG.

Kosmos Energy Ltd has released its financial and operating results for 1Q16, noting a net loss of US$59 million.

Inpex has announced that the offshore pre-lay of the 77 km chain and cable mooring system for the Ichthys LNG project has been successfully completed.

Golar LNG Ltd has announced a number of organisational changes, citing a need to move away from traditional approaches to executing LNG projects.

Technip has announced that Woodside has awarded it an engineering services contract to provide multidisciplinary engineering services as part of an engineering panel.

Petronas has announced that it has successfully launched the hull of its second floating LNG vessel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in South Korea.

Upstream Production Solutions has entered an additional agreement with Origin Energy for the provision of maintenance and major works for the Australia Pacific LNG project.

According to Reuters, Novatek OAO is still undertaking a feasibility study on the development of an LNG export plant in the Gydan Peninsula, Russia.

Veresen Inc. has announced it has received a notice from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it has issued an order granting rehearing for further consideration.

According to Reuters Idemitsu Kosan Co. has claimed that its joint venture project with AltaGas would suspend the commercialisation of a Canadian LNG project.

Woodfibre LNG Export Pte Ltd has signed a Heads of Agreement with Guangzhou Gas Group Co. Ltd regarding the potential offtake of 1 million tpy of LNG for a 25-year period, commencing in 2020.