LNG

Seaspan has signed a memorandum of understanding with AES, aimed at providing LNG bunkering services to shipping vessels crossing the Panama Canal.

The facilities will exclusively be used by the company to purchase LNG cargoes from US exporters for supply to customers primarily in Europe.

MET Group has opened its office in the Republic of Singapore.

The European Commission has approved a €106 million Greek measure to support the completion of the construction of the LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis.

Baker Hughes has been awarded a major contract to provide a modularised LNG system and power island.

Australia’s oil and gas sector says strong future LNG export earnings underscore the need for regulatory certainty in areas such as project approvals to encourage new gas supply investment.

Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a strategic minority stake in MidOcean Energy for US$500 million.

The AES Corporation has agreed to minority sell-downs of its businesses in the Dominican Republic and Panama, as an expansion of its existing strategic partnership with Grupo Linda and AFI Popular.

Enagás has finalised the acquisition of 10% of the shares of Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH.

KBR has been awarded an EPC management contract by Woodside Energy, as operator for and on behalf of the Pluto joint venture.

Worley will develop the FEED and EPC scope of work for QatarEnergy LNG’s carbon sequestration facility, capable of capturing 4.3 million metric tpy of carbon dioxide.

NextDecade Corporation’s subsidiary, Rio Grande LNG, LLC, has entered into a credit agreement for US$356 million of senior loans to finance a portion of the first three LNG trains at NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export facility in Texas.

Sempra Infrastructure has announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the permit authorising the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project under development at Port Arthur LNG in Jefferson County, Texas.

Commonwealth LNG has entered into a heads of agreement with EQT for 1 million tpy of LNG under a 15-year tolling agreement, and associated gas supply to Commonwealth LNG’s facility in Cameron, Louisiana.

QatarEnergy has announced that Qatargas has changed its name to QatarEnergy LNG.