Liquefaction

Royal Dutch Shell’s recommended cash and share offer for BG Group has received regulatory clearance from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

China National Petroleum Corp. has announced that a strategic cooperation agreement has been signed with Mubadala Petroleum.

Cheniere Energy Inc. has announced several changes to its leadership, appointing Neal Shear as its interim President and CEO.

Australia Pacific LNG has announced that LNG production gas commenced at its LNG facility on Curtis Island, Australia.

HIMA has been selected to supply the safety instrumented systems (SIS) and the fire and gas system (F&G) for the Ichthys LNG project.

TransCanada Corp. has released a statement claiming that its Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project has signed long-term agreements with several aboriginal groups in Northern B.C.

Svitzer Australia has announced that it has won a towage contract for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in Darwin, Australia.

A Monadelphous Group Ltd and Giovenco Industries Pty Ltd joint venture – MGJV – has been awarded a new contract for services on the Karratha gas plant.

Wood Group has released a statement claiming that Woodside has awarded it a FEED contract for the Browse FLNG development offshore Western Australia.

Woodside has informed the Oil Search Board that it has withdrawn its proposal to merge the businesses.

The US DOE has granted Air Flow North America Corp. authorsation to export LNG to countries in Central America, South America, the Caribbean or Africa that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US.

Wood Group has announced that it has won a contract from ConocoPhillips to provide brownfield engineering services for the Darwin LNG plant in Australia.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association has released a statement calling for a lift on gas development and exploration bans.

G2 LNG has filed a letter to FERC introducing its proposed 14 million tpy LNG project on the west bank of the Calcasieu River.

Fortis Inc. has announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered a share purchase and sale agreement with Chevron Canada Properties Ltd for a share of the Aitken Creek gas storage facility.