Liquefaction

Following the recent announced that BG Group shareholders had voted for the merger between BG and Shell, Shell has welcomed the news.

Tanzania has agreed a deal for the acquisition of land on which to base a new LNG plant.

BG Group has announced that its shareholders have voted in favour of a combination between Shell and BG Group.

DSME has awarded Clough a contract for the hook-up services on the Ichthys LNG project’s FPSO facility.

The Port of Gladstone, Australia, has announced that it recently welcomed its 100th LNG carrier.

Matrix Service Inc. – a subsidiary of Matrix Service Co. – has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of a 1 million gal. LNG tank.

Sabine Pass LNG has announced that it is delaying the completion date of Trains 1 and 2 until May and August 2016, respectively.

Shell shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed combination with BG Group.

The Angola LNG project, which was forced into shutting down in April 2014 because of technical issues, has commenced recommissioning.

Cheniere Partners has engaged Joint Lead Arrangers to arrange the refinancing of project debt.

Samsung Heavy Industries has awarded Clough a new contract to provide hook-up services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project, which is located offshore of Western Australia.

The National Iranian Gas Export Company has announced that approximately one third of Iranian gas exports to Oman will be converted to LNG.

Singapore Exchange has announced that it has launched its new SGX FOB Singapore SLlnG LNG derivatives contracts.

CH-IV International has been selected as Owner’s Engineer for the Eagle LNG export terminal.

Reuters reports that the Russian Economy Minister has met with his French equivalent to discuss the possibility of French banks financing the Yamal LNG project.