Liquefaction

Qatargas have signed a 15 year LNG supply deal with Chubu Electric, Qatargas will supply 1 million tpy from 2013.

The Asian LNG market remains the premium market for suppliers. Pat Roberts, reports from the 4th World LNG Series: Asia Pacific Summit.

Cheniere Energy has awarded GE the contract to supply the gas compression trains for the Sabine Pass liquefaction expansion project.

Stefan Chapman, Euro Petroleum Consultants, UK, and Andrey Kosulnikov, Euro Petroleum Consultants, Russia & CIS, give an overview of the increasingly central roles played by shale and LNG in the gas and petroleum industry, focusing particularly on Europe.

KBR is to perform pre-FEED for Statoil’s LNG facility in Tanzania. Statoil is currently examining the viability of such a venture and the project is expected to be completed during 2013.

Pekka Paasivaara, GL Noble Denton, Germany, discusses the rise of unconventional gas and its potential impact on world energy markets.

Cyril Widdershoven, TNO, the Netherlands, explains how changes in domestic demand for natural gas in the Middle East could impact upon global supply.

The Center for LNG has praised a call from Western US lawmakers for a quicker LNG export application approval process

Qatargas has delivered commissioning cargo to China National Oil Corporation’s Zhejiang LNG Terminal in China. The cargo was delivered by Qatargas’s Q-Max LNG vessel, ZARGA.

Inpex Corp. has awarded Technip a €210 million offshore commissioning contract for the offshore FPSO unit and central processing unit.

Cheniere Energy has filed a an application with FERC for authorisation to build the Corpus Christi LNG terminal.

RasGas’ computer network has been hit by a computer virus, just two weeks after Saudi Aramco. LNG production remains unaffected.

Peter Kiernan, Energy Analyst, the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the role of Australia’s booming LNG export sector in the golden age for gas.

OilCareers.com and Air Energi have released the results of a global oil and gas workforce survey.

Gail India Ltd. has signed a deal for 12 cargos for LNG to be delivered between 2013 and 2014 in order to bridge India’s supply deficit of natural gas.