LNG

Vitol has signed a multi-year LNG purchase agreement with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore Pte Ltd for the annual supply of approximately 300 000 t of LNG from 2018 onwards.

The Australian government is encouraged by steps taken to avert a gas crisis after a meeting with producers and the energy market operator.

Santos has released its activities report for 1Q17, reporting an increase in GLNG production.

Skangas has announced that Kimmo Rahkamo has been appointed CEO, effective 15 May 2017.

The possible sale of natural gas intended for the country’s domestic market to overseas customers instead must be reviewed.

ConocoPhillips has previously only considered developing a new gas field for approximately US$10 billion to fill the plant's single production unit.

Origin Energy Ltd has announced that David Baldwin, Integrated Gas CEO, will step down from his position at the end of April 2017, whilst Mark Schubert, General Manager, Commercial, has been appointed Executive General Manager, Integrated Gas.

The first tankers from the US started delivering LNG to Mexico's Gulf Coast.

NextDecade LLC and Harmony Merger Corp. have signed a definitive agreement for a business combination transaction, which would result in NextDecade becoming a publicly listed company.

New environmental regulations and continuous focus on vessels’ energy efficiency and air emissions is high on all ship owners’ agenda.

Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has announced that the US Vice President, Mike Pence, has met with Alaskan Governor Bill Walker and AGDC President Keith Meyer.

Iran’s construction of LNG plants stalled for years due to international sanctions.

Chevron temporarily suspended production at its Train Two facility in late March. 

Evoqua Water Technologies is upgrading its SeaCURE® system production facility in Caldicot, Wales.

Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has filed an application with FERC to obtain a Natural Gas Act Section 3 permit for the Alaska LNG project.