Liquefaction

Inpex Corporation and Total S.A. (the Ichthys Owners) have made the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Ichthys LNG project.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO has received orders for three compressor trains and a power generation system to be used at Shell’s FLNG facility to the Prelude field located off the northwest coast of Australia.

Nancy Yamaguchi, Hydrocarbon Engineering Contributing Editor, evaluates Australia’s diverse and vibrant energy industry, focusing on its burgeoning LNG export trade.

Representative Markey from the American Public Gas Association has sent a letter to Secretary Chu questioning LNG export.

The American Public Gas Association comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s methane rules.

The American Petroleum Institute is urging energy discussions in the US election campaigns.

78% of Nevada voters are in favour of more oil and natural gas development in the US.

Total are looking to the Atlantic Basin as a physical back-up for Western Europe and will also look to Australian projects to help alleviate global LNG supply squeezes.

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) has signed a CBM Sales Agreement with Walloons Coal Seam Gas Company Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BG Group plc., the owner of the Curtis LNG Project.

According to a new IHS Global Insight study, the shale gas revolution, which has swept across America and transformed the energy landscape, will also have a huge economic impact supporting more jobs, stimulating growth and providing huge amounts of revenue.

GE Oil & Gas is to supply Qatargas with advanced combustion technology that will reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations from the Qatari Ministry of Environment.

Terry Willis, The EIC, Dubai, examines the increasing pace of new LNG liquefaction capacity and exports from the Middle East.

Qatar’s RasGas has signed a deal to supply CPC with at least 1.5 million tpa of LNG.

Inpex Corp. and Total have signed a sales and purchase agreement with a consortium of five Japanese utility companies to supply them with 4 million tpa of LNG from the Ichthys LNG project.

InterOil Corporation and Pacific LNG Operations Ltd. announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with ENN Energy Trading Company Ltd., for the supply of 1 -1.5 million tpa of LNG from the Gulf LNG project in Papua New Guinea.