Liquefaction

NextDecade Corp. has announced that it has signed two contracts with Bechtel for the EPC of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project.

The US and India are expected to lead capacity growth in the global LNG liquefaction and regasification industries from planned and announced (newbuild) projects, respectively during the outlook period 2019 – 2023, according to GlobalData.

Venture Global LNG, Inc. and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners have executed definitive agreements under which Stonepeak will exclusively provide a US$1.3 billion equity investment in Venture Global’s 10 million tpy Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility.

Keppel Shipyard has awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply high flow seawater pumps to Golar’s ‘Gimi FLNG’ project.

Samik Mukherjee and Don Hill, McDermott International, Inc., USA, review modularisation options and applications in the context of new liquefaction projects.

Myles Mantle, Andreas Silcher and Chrysa Kitsou, Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP, UK, provide a regional report on the LNG industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Magnolia LNG has received its Industrial Tax Exemption Program incentive from the State of Louisiana following approval by the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry, local governments and Gov. John Bel Edwards.

McDermott International Inc. has released a statement reaffirming its previously disclosed schedule for the Freeport LNG project in Freeport, Texas, US.

McDermott International Inc. has released a statement reaffirming its previously disclosed schedule for the Cameron LNG project in Hackberry, Louisiana, US.

Wood Mackenzie has released a statement commenting on the recent heads of agreement (HOA) that was signed by Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Co. regarding the Port Arthur LNG project.

Russia’s Sakhalin Energy has shut one of its two LNG trains after an equipment malfunction.

Golar LNG has released interim results for the period ended 31 March 2019.

Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco have announced that their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Co., have signed a heads of agreement regarding the Port Arthur LNG project.

According to Reuters, Argentina is set to officially join the LNG exporters club by exporting its first LNG cargo from a new floating facility.

Petronas has achieved its first LNG drop by its floating LNG facility, PFLNG Satu, at the Kebabangan cluster field, 90 km offshore Sabah.