Liquefaction

Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. has signed a multi-billion pre-payment agreement with Nigeria LNG.

ConocoPhillips has announced that it has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that hold its Australia-West assets and operations to Santos for $1.39 billion, plus customary closing adjustments.

Magnolia LNG LLC and DeltaOE have agreed to extend the validity date of their agreed upon non-binding term sheet until 1 July 2020 by entering into an amended and restated memorandum of understanding.

Equinor has announced that the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya, Norway, has successfully produced its 1000th LNG cargo.

According to Reuters, Mark Gyetvay, Novatek Chief Financial Officer, has said that the cost of the company’s proposed Arctic LNG 2 project is in the US$500 – US$750/t range.

According to Reuters, ExxonMobil is planning to invest over US$500 million in the initial construction phase of its Mozambique LNG project.

TechnipFMC has announced that JFT – a consortium between JGC Corp., Fluor Corp. and TechnipFMC – has been awarded an EPC contract for the Rovuma LNG project.

Maintenance at Australia’s North West Shelf LNG project is still underway, with no estimated date for completion.

According to Reuters, a source familiar with the matter has said that ExxonMobil will not take a final investment decision (FID) on its Mozambique LNG project when it attends an event there today.

SNC Lavalin has been awarded a three-year provision of operations and maintenance workforce contract for the Shell-operated QGC venture.

According to Reuters, the government of Mozambique has released a statement via state television, claiming that ExxonMobil will finalise its investment in the country’s LNG fields in a signing ceremony on 8 October 2019.

Transborders Energy has entered into a joint study agreement with Mitsui to continue the development of its FLNG Solution.

Elba Liquefaction Co. L.L.C. has announced the commercial in service of the first of 10 liquefaction units at the approximately US$2 billion Elba Liquefaction project.

The US FERC have approved Kinder Morgan’s request to commence LNG production at its new export facility.

Gazprom and Linde have agreed to establish an LNG engineering joint venture.