LNG

Engie has announced that it will deliver 10 cargoes of LNG to Beijing Gas Group this winter.

US Senators have sent a letter to US Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, calling for the DOE to slow down LNG export approvals.

ESL Shipping and Sinotrans & CSC Shipbuilding Industry Corp. assign building of LNG-fueled bulk carriers.

Tellurian Investments has appointed R. Keith Teague as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

DNV GL has granted Vard Engineering Brevik AS Approval in Principle for its new LNG bunker vessel design.

RasGas has been awarded a five-star rating by the British Safety Council.

Project Forward has confirmed that it is in talks with Shell LNG to support its next phase.

Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc. has been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its liquefaction technology.

Eco-Stim Energy Solutions Inc. has announced that it has completed the upgrade and automation on approximately 27 000 HHP of its turbine powered well stimulation units.

According to Reuters, Equatorial Guinea is discussing pricing terms with possible offtakers from its 2.2 million tpy Fortuna floating LNG project, with Europe being eyed as its next key market.

TEPCO Fuel & Power, Inc. has contracted ABB to upgrade the control and I/O systems for the Futtsu LNG terminal.

InterOil Corp. has announced that, at a special meeting held on 21 September 2016, its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the transaction with ExxonMobil Corp.

Elengy has released a statement claiming that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gate terminal to cooperate in the development of LNG related services, such as truck loading and bunkering.

Acting through AGDC, the State of Alaska has signed an MoU with ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. to create a JV to market LNG from the Alaska LNG project to global LNG markets.

According to a recent EY global survey of 100 PE firms active in the sector, they are readying to deploy capital into the global oil and gas sector.