LNG

Japan's LNG purchases dropped for a second year as an energy crisis brought on by the 2011 Fukushima disaster eased.

Wärtsilä Corp. has announced that it has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with AS Tallink Group for its new RoPax ferry, M/S Megastar.

Croatia's FLNG terminal in the northern Adriatic will take a year longer to complete than initially expected.

Norsepower Oy Ltd has announced that it has reached an agreement with Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/S Viking Grace – an LNG-fuelled cruise ferry.

Wison Offshore & Marine has announced that the world’s first barge-based floating storage and regasification unit has successfully undocked from the company’s dry-dock in Nantong, China.

Parallel49 Equity has released a statement claiming that it has acquired Kinetrex Energy – an LNG supplier based in the US – from Citizens Resources.

Australia's US$34 billion Ichthys LNG export project has been dealt a blow as engineering firm CIMIC is pulling out.

Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has announced that it has hired former Senator Gene Therriault to assist in government relations.

US LNG exporters have shifted their focus to Southern Europe from Asia.

Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Carnival Corp. & Plc that strengthens their existing partnership and joint improvement efforts to maintain cruise ship safety and reliability.

Tanzania is hoping to reach an agreement with international oil companies in 2018 paving the way for the construction of an LNG plant.

Magnolia LNG has signed a Heads of Agreement with Vessel Gasification Solutions in relation to the Magnolia LNG Project.

AGDC has entered into a cooperation agreement with BP to collaborate in the development of the financial and tolling structure intended to advance the Alaska gasline and LNG project.

AS Tallink Grupp has announced that it has taken delivery of Megastar – its new LNG fast passenger ferry – from Meyer Turku Oy shipyard in Turku, Finland.

The Iran LNG & Gas Summit will be held on 14 – 16 February 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany, and will look at Tehran’s plans to launch a licensing round by the end of February.