LNG

According to Reuters, Concord Energy has announced that Julien La Chon, a former Gunvor trader, has joined the company as partner and CEO.

South Korea’s imports of LNG are on course to reach 42 million t in 2018; a record high for the country.

According to Reuters, Klaipedos Nafta has received permission from Lithuania to buy an LNG storage vessel by 2024.

Saipem has announced that, in joint venture with Renaissance, it has been awarded a new onshore engineering and construction project in Russia by Arctic LNG 2.

According to Reuters, it is expected that Russia’s first LNG floating storage and regasification unit will dock at the port of Kaliningrad today.

Carnival Corp. & plc has announced that it will launch four new cruise ships in 2019 across three of its brands: Carnival Cruise Line; Costa Cruises; and Princess Cruises.

Annova LNG has announced that it has received its draft environmental impact statement by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Annova LNG Brownsville Project.

The Woodside-operated Pluto LNG project has supplied its first gas to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline with successful commissioning of the Pluto pipeline gas facility.

AETI have signed a definitive share exchange agreement with Stabilis Energy to create a leading North American small scale LNG production and distribution platform.

GTT has received an order from a Korean shipyard concerning the tank design of two new LNG carriers, bringing the company’s total orders to 50 vessels for 2018.

Golar LNG has received ‘Limited Notice to Proceed’ for an FLNG vessel for Phase 1 of the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim project in West Africa.

Pao Novatek’s Board of Directors has appointed a new member and made changes to its internal audit policy.

Qatar Petroleum is reportedly looking to invest a minimum of US$20 billion in the US over the next few years.

Thun Tankers has named its the new, environmentally adapted tanker ‘Thun Evolve’ in Groningen, Holland.

Annova LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal in Brownsville, Texas, is now closer to receiving federal approval for construction after being issued its draft environmental report.