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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.

Foster-Wheeler awarded contract to assist with initial technical development and conceptual design of a new Uruguayan LNG terminal to feed both Uruguay and Argentina.

Chevron has signed an HOA with KOGAS for LNG delivery from the Wheatstone project fro the next 20 years.

Japan has received its first LNG cargo from one of Qatar’s massive Q-Max vessels, the largest LNG carriers in the world.

Shell has signed a long term SPA agreement with Osaka Gas, to supply 800,000 tpa of LNG.

Chevron has made another deepwater gas discovery in its WA-205-P permit area in the Carnarvon basin. It hopes to use the gas discovery to underpin expansion plans at the Wheatstone LNG hub.

Standard and Poor’s has raised Qatar’s credit rating to AA, based on strong growth prospects in the LNG sector.

Beach Energy has signed an MOU with ITOCHU to co-operate on an LNG project that will be supplied by Beach’s onshore gas reserves.