LNG

The winners of Iraq’s latest bid round will need to keep costs low to achieve competitive returns compared to previous contracts.

The multi-sector industry coalition, which advocates the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel, argues that Norway’s unilateral domestic CO2 tax on LNG fuel is ‘significantly unhelpful’ and is likely to increase emissions.

India asked Japan to help build infrastructure needed to boost the usage of LNG in India and elsewhere in Asia.

The field is located in the Barents Sea, north of the Arctic Circle and will be developed with an FPSO and subsea installation with 30 wells.

46% of senior professionals in the sector believe there has been underinvestment in inspection and maintenance of infrastructure and equipment in recent years. Just a quarter (28%) said that they expect to increase spending on safety in 2018.

The Panama Canal has welcomed the inaugural transit of the LNG Sakura, which carried the first-ever LNG shipment from the Dominion Cove Point terminal in the US to Japan last weekend.

The LNG-fuelled ferry is the first passenger ship in the world equipped with a rotor sail for wind-assisted propulsion.

LNG terminal at Jaigarh Port to enable development of local port-based industries.

Global energy industry association’s sign on to the Methane Guiding Principles to increase focus on reducing methane emissions across natural gas value chain.

GAIL Ltd is the country’s biggest gas marketing and trading company and owns most of the nation’s pipelines.

Chevron will idle the second production unit at its Gorgon LNG project in May to carry out modifications already implemented at the other two units.

Total SA and Siemens AG hope to sign a deal soon with Cuba to build a 600 megawatt gas-fired power plant on the island.

ExxonMobil Corporation has announced its estimated earnings for Q1 2018.

MISC Group has announced it has taken delivery of Seri Cemara, the final edition to a series of five MOSS-Type LNG carriers.

GAC Taiwan has secured an agency contract from Donggi Senoro Liquefied Natural Gas to handle its vessels’ calls and provide discharge agency and husbandry services.