Liquefaction

Nigeria LNG has declared a force majeure as it’s LNG export terminal has been blockaded by two Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) boats for two weeks.

Shell highlights the economic benefits of the Prelude FLNG project.

Total and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman plan to sell their 30% stakes in French cryogenicmembraen manufacturer GTT.

Technip has been awarded by Statoil ASA a contract for pipelay and subsea installations for the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project.

Nigeria LNG’s export terminal in the Bonny Channel has been blockaded by NIMASA over a dispute about maritime taxes. Currently two ships are stuck in port and one cannot enter.

Trelleborg Marine Systems will supply fender systems to QCLNG, Gladstone LNG and Australia Pacific LNG.

Tenaska cancels plans to build US$3.5 million UCG plant in Taylorville.

Gazprom and Japan Far East Gas Co., Ltd. have signed an MOU about further cooperation on the Vladivostok LNG project and joint marketing of the project in Japan.

Novatek and CNPC have concluded a framework agreeement for the sale of a stake in the Yamal LNG project and a long term LNG supply deal.

A recent report from the IEA looks at the emergence of gas as a transportation fuel.

Rosneft and Vitol have signed a Heads of Agremnt for future cooperation in an LNG supply deal from Rosneft’s proposed LNG facility in Russia’s Far East.

DSME has cut first steel on the hull of the FPS for the Icthys LNG prject, which will be operated by Inpex.

Angola LNG has shipped the first cargo from its LNG plant.

LNG companies must battle NIMBYism in 2013 with better tactics.

Oregon LNG has filed an apppplication with the FERC for approval to build and operate an LNG facility in Warrenton, Oregon.