Liquefaction

According to Reuters, Qatar has announced that it is quitting OPEC as of January 2019, but will still be attending the group’s meeting this week.

Santos has released a statement announcing first gas from the third and final well of the Bayu Undan infill well program, and delivery of the whole project under budget and ahead of schedule.

Shell Australia has released a statement announcing that Rob Jager has joined the company as the new VP Prelude.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a three-year outline agreement from Woodside Energy Ltd to provide brownfields engineering and procurement services for the Karratha Gas Plant in Western Australia.

Energy World Corporation Ltd has announced that it has been granted a 20-year extension to its Sengkang gas field in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

DOF Subsea Australia Pty Ltd has announced that its existing subsea inspection, maintenance and repair contract with Chevron Australia has been extended.

According to Reuters, Petronas has announced that production at the Kebabangan gas field in Sabah is expected to resume working at full capacity by August next year.

Pao Novatek have announced that Yamal LNG has commenced initial production of LNG at its third LNG train.

According to Reuters, East Timor has reached an agreement to purchase Royal Dutch Shell’s stake in the Greater Sunrise natural gas fields located off Australia’s north coast.

Eagle LNG Partners has announced that it has reached a new milestone in its Jacksonville Export Project.

A landmark celebration has officially opened the onshore LNG processing facilities of INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG.

Anadarko has announced its 2019 capital program and sales-volume guidance, including news regarding funding for the Mozambique LNG project.

Bechtel has announced that together with Cheniere Energy it has produced the first LNG from the Corpus Christi liquefaction project in Texas, US.

Total has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Papua New Guinea on the key terms of the gas agreement of the Papua LNG project and launches engineering studies.

According to Reuters, an investigation by the Nigerian Senate looking at whether NNPC, the state oil firm, had improperly withdrawn money has doubled the amount under investigation to more than US$2.2 billion.