Liquefaction

Japanese city gas supplier Osaka Gas says its subsidiary has won consulting work for LNG terminals planned by Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corp and Taiwan Power Co.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a report assessing the market impacts due to the US transitioning from being a net importer to a net exporter of LNG in 2016.

The CEO of the LNG Canada project on British Columbia's northern coast has said that the company was committed to starting construction on the C$40 billion LNG export project this year.

Abuja-based NNPC made operating losses of US$246 million in 2017.

Summer LNG send-outs from European terminals seen rising.

The gas market is being flipped upside down.

Buyers of LNG are no longer balking at long-term contracts, but they want to spread their risk by signing smaller volume deals with multiple producers.

Novatek has announced that production at Yamal LNG’s first train will be suspended for planned maintenance.

LNG production in Trinidad is recovering thanks to a new field start up, but competition from US shale is forcing sellers of its output to go much further afield.

Vitol’s future growth will increasingly be driven by gas and LNG, especially in emerging markets, as peak oil demand approaches.

Asian spot prices for LNG edged lower over the past week amid plentiful supply, despite strong oil and coal markets.

Beijing Blue Sky Energy has entered into a three years LNG Supply Agreement with Kunlun Energy Shandong.

Total has signed an agreement in view of developing an integrated gas project in the Sultanate of Oman.

Marathon Oil Corp has agreed a HoA with the government of Equatorial Guinea to process third-party natural gas volumes at plants located in Punta Europa.

Royal Dutch Shell is to fill the majority of Mexico’s demand for six LNG cargoes due to be delivered across May and June following a competitive tender.