LNG

Equatorial Guinea is in talks to sell LNG to independent companies and traders as its exclusive deal with Royal Dutch Shell winds down.

ICIS has launched a new forecasting tool that helps monitor LNG supply and its influence on global energy markets.

Smit Lamnalco has secured a 20-year contract with the National Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain to supply marine services to the Bahrain LNG terminal.

Chevron is facing an inquiry into the delayed burial of carbon dioxide emissions at the Gorgon LNG project.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Chubu Electric Power Co., Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha have agreed to launch an LNG bunkering business in Japan.

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.

BP and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation have signed a binding gas sales precedent agreement.

Energy Capital Vietnam has signed an MOU to develop the first privately-funded and owned LNG terminal in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Tellurian Inc has continued to build its global natural gas business during Q1 of 2018.

DNV GL and Meyer Turku have signed a class contract for Royal Caribbean’s two new ICON class vessels.

OAO Yamal LNG has shipped the second millionth ton of LNG produced at its first LNG train.

KBR has been awarded a pre-FEED contract by Inpex Corporation for the Abadi onshore LNG project in the Arafura sea in Indonesia.

Papua New Guinea’s LNG project aims to finalise supply agreements with shortlisted companies for up to 1.3 million tpy of LNG in the first half of 2018.

Mitsui & Co Ltd expects a final investment decision on a US Anadarko-led offshore LNG project in Mozambique in the year to 31 March 2019.

Croatia has issued a fresh tender to provide a ship-based import terminal for a planned LNG terminal on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic.