Liquefaction

Eni has started installation works on the hull of the Coral Sul FLNG treatment and liquefaction unit that will be moored offshore Mozambique.

According to Reuters, China National Offshore Oil Co. and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. have signed an agreement on upstream exploration and development, oil refining and LNG trade.

McDermott International Inc. has announced, alongside its partners Chiyoda International Corp. and Zachry Group, that Train 1 of the Freeport LNG project has reached the final commissioning stage.

The US FERC has issued an order authorising Gulf LNG Liquefaction and Gulf LNG Energy to site, construct and operate new facilities for the export of LNG at Gulf Energy’s existing LNG import terminal.

Pao Novatek has announced the closing of the sale of participation interests in the Arctic LNG 2 project.

McDermott International Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by YPF S.A. to provide pre-FEED services for a 5 million tpy LNG plant at the Vaca Muerta Shale field in Argentina.

The ‘Let It Flow - The Rise of US LNG Exports’ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Venture Global LNG, Inc. has announced that its US$5.8 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG construction financing has received over US$10 billion in binding commitments from initial coordinating lead arrangers.

Santos has reported that its second quarter production was impacted by planned maintenance in the Cooper Basin and PNG LNG.

Woodside has reported lower quarterly production and sales revenue due to the major turnaround at Pluto LNG.

JGC Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a FEED contract under a triple FEED competition scheme for the LNG plant for marine fuel planned for the Port of Sohar in Oman.

MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded a contract to support the FEED study of a subsea compression solution for the Jansz-Io field, part of the Gorgon LNG project.

Inpex Corp. is planning to start the front-end engineering design for the Masela gas project in Indonesia in 2020.

Norway’s oil safety regulator has identified multiple safety breaches at Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG facility.

According to Reuters, the IEA’s latest projections indicate that the US and China will establish themselves as the world’s biggest LNG exporters and importers, respectively, in the next five years.