Liquefaction

Train 6 started this month and will produce 7.8 million tpy, helping Qatar reach its target of 77 million tpy of LNG liquefaction capacity by the end of 2010.

Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Hydrocarbon Engineering Contributing Editor, looks at the Southeast Asian energy sector.

Santos has agreed a deal to supply 750 PJ of natural gas from its Cooper Basin gas assets to the Gladstone LNG project.

Curtis LNG and Gladstone LNG have received conditional environmental approval by the Australian government.

According to Russian government documents, Novatek will begin construction of an LNG liquefaction plant on the Yamal peninsula in 2012.

GDF SUEZ is to supply China’s CNOOC with 2.6 million t of LNG over four years, starting in 2013.

Repsol and Qatargas have signed a multi year supply agreement for Qatar to supply LNG to Repsol’s Canaport LNG terminal.

Leighton Contractors has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to deliver the civil and underground works package for the Gorgon Project valued at more than $800 million.

Singapore is building up the infrastructure to become a major LNG hub for the Asia-Pacific region, as well as being a prolific consumer of LNG in its own right.

After the two nations’ premiers met in New York this week, they have agreed to go ahead with a Qatar-led LNG project in Sri Lanka.

Two notes from the American Petroleum Institute regarding new oil and natural gas industry taxes.

More than 5000 gather and call on Congress to focus on jobs and the economy in Texas rallies.

Peru’s President has passed a decree which will effectively limit the LNG that can be exported from the country, to ensure a healthy domestic supply.

Technip has announced a strategic partnership with subsidiaries of PETRONAS, to work jointly on onshore and offshore projects.

Chevron has discovered more natural gas in its Acme-1 well, underpinning plans for expansion of the Wheatstone LNG hub.