LNG

Keppel O&M are due to build another two LNG carriers for Stolt-Nielsen worth around S$105 million.

Shell has announced that Tahir Faruqui, previously General Manager, Origination North & Central America Shell LNG Marketing & Trading, has been appointed as General Manager, Shell Global Downstream LNG.

Santos GLNG is due to welcome local university and high school students to experience a day as a LNG employee.

The President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, recently visited Japan, holding talks with various senior executives of major Japanese companies on improving relations and cooperation within in the energy sector.

Asian spot LNG prices have dipped as healthy levels of supply have countered pressure from the currently bullish oil market.

Gazprom has announced that it has signed the framework agreement with Shell on the joint design concept (pre-FEED) for the Baltic LNG project.

Energy Insights has forecast the transformation of the gas import/export balance by 2022.

Shell has delivered its first ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG from its specialised LNG bunker vessel, ‘Cardissa’.

Calor has released a statement claiming that the UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy requires greater commitment to gas vehicle infrastructure.

SPG and Hydro Rents were selected by Structural Technologies, LLC./VSL to provide equipment for work on three LNG tanks located in Corpus Christi (the Cheniere Energy LNG project) and Quintana (the Freeport LNG project) in Texas.

Pao Novatek and Siemens AG have signed a Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement at the Russian Energy Week.

Seaspan Corp. has announced that it has entered into a binding term sheet for a potential investment of up to US$200 million in the restructured Swiber Holdings Ltd.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has become the third port member to join SEA\LNG, alongside Port of Rotterdam and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP).

The Polish state-controlled oil and gas company has said that LNG accounted for nearly 20% of gas imports between January and August this year.

The commencement of the LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia, may just be the first ripple in a wave of further LNG megaproject approvals.