Liquefaction

Argentina will begin exporting natural gas to neighbouring Chile before the end of the year, the energy ministers of both countries said on 14 June.

Croatia passed a law on 14 June to enable the construction of a LNG terminal, part of a European Union drive to diversify away from Russian gas imports.

The Wheatstone Project has successfully commenced LNG production from Train 2 at its onshore facility near Onslow, Western Australia.

Baker Hughes, a GE company has won a contract for turbomachinery equipment at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s LNG facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Canadian energy company Enbridge Inc started construction of the offshore border crossing section of its US$1.6 billion Valley Crossing natural gas pipeline between Texas and Mexico.

McKinsey Energy Insights has released its North American Gas Outlook to 2030.

Corpus Christi Liquefaction has filed a request with the FERC to commission Train 1 at its new Texas LNG terminal.

Royal Dutch Shell has introduced gas to its 490 m long Prelude FLNG unit as part of the cooling process before start-up.

Asia spot LNG prices at 2018 high.

Infrastructure, investments, planned projects, pricing, trade, contracts and competition outlook – ResearchAndMarkets.com.

More than US$30 billion is expected to be invested in Mozambique’s natural gas sector to build capacity to produce 20 million tpy of LNG.

Global LNG trade grew by 10% last year due primarily to growing liquefaction capacity in the Australia and the US.

CMLNG has announced that it has signed a gas convention agreement with the government of Cameroon, regarding its FLNG project in the Republic of Cameroon.

Gastech Insights spoke with Gastech Governing Body Member and Vice President, Global Gas Solutions at ABS, Patrick Janssens.

Michael J. Dolan, Senior Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has announced his intention to retire, effective 1 August 2018.