Liquefaction

QGC Pty Limited, developer of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project, has awarded a A$19.5 million contract to Australian firm Transfield Services for gas field work in the Surat Basin of Queensland.

Statoil has brought its LNG plant at Hammer fest back online after an earlier shutdown on October 14.

RasGas has signed a long-term LNG supply agreement with EDF Trading for an annual contract quantity of up to 3.4 million tpy of LNG, equivalent to approximately 4.5 billion m3/yr of natural gas. It marks a further extension of a long-term relationship between RasGas and EDF Trading.

The energy security strategies of states across the region, if not working in cooperation with each other, could have severe geopolitical and economic repercussions in a region where high food and oil prices threaten economic recovery and human security.

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has approved an application by KM LNG Operating General Partnership (KM LNG) for a licence to export liquefied LNG from Kitimat, British Columbia to markets in the Asia Pacific region.

The organisation which represents America’s oil and gas companies has cautioned the president’s job council not to overlook potentially a million new oil and natural gas jobs, which could be created by energy development.

Douglas Westwood has forecast strong growth in the drilling and production of unconventional gas through to 2020.

Arrow LNG (a joint venture between Petrochina and Shell) has acquired Bow Energy after boosting it’s bid to AU$ 535 million (US$ 524.2 million). Arrow had to raise its’ offer by 2% on it’s initial offering to secure the deal.

Chevron has given the green light to start work on the proposed Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia, the approval has come after Chevron received federal approval to build the 25 million tpa LNG liquefaction plant last week.

GE’s integrated portfolio provides onsite power and water treatment solution for major Australian CBM-to-LNG project.

Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project has received environmental approval from the federal government, clearing the final hurdle on the way to a final investment decision later this year.

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. is selling off 3,000,000 common units to investors at a share price of US$ 15.25. The company is hoping to raise US$ 60 million to put towards general business purposes and development costs of its expansion project to add liquifaction capacity at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.

Clough Downer Joint Venture (CDJV) has been awarded a contract worth AU$ 600 million by Fluor for construction of pipelines, compression facilities and associated infrastructure relating to the Fairview component of the Santos GLNG project, located in the Surat Basin.

The American Petroleum Institute has told Obama that American energy development is ‘critical’ solution to jobs problem.

Chiyoda has been awarded a maintenance contract by Qatargas covering maintenance of seven LNG production lines in Qatar.