LNG

The 16th World LNG Summit & Awards Gala Dinner was a success, gathering over 400 delegates, 31 sponsors and 55 speakers in Rome, Italy, for a great round-up of the year.

DSME has awarded Clough a contract for the hook-up services on the Ichthys LNG project’s FPSO facility.

Philly Shipyard Inc. has held a keel laying ceremony for a new product tanker that is being constructed for American Petroleum Tankers – a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Inc.

The Port of Gladstone, Australia, has announced that it recently welcomed its 100th LNG carrier.

OPITO has appointed a new Managing Director, Graham Gall, to lead the continued growth of its rapidly expanding international business.

Matrix Service Inc. – a subsidiary of Matrix Service Co. – has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of a 1 million gal. LNG tank.

Transas and XVR Simulation have entered into a partnership to expand their maritime training capabilities.

Sabine Pass LNG has announced that it is delaying the completion date of Trains 1 and 2 until May and August 2016, respectively.

Ophir Energy has provided details of various changes to its Board and Committee membership.

Ryder System Inc. has announced that Shell Oil Company signed an agreement for 15 LNG heavy duty vehicles supporting oil and gas logistics operations in Lafayette, Louisiana and Houston, Texas.

Shell shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed combination with BG Group.

Keppel and BG Group have been awarded the licence to supply LNG as a ship fuel in Singapore.

Chevron Corp. has announced that its fully-owned subsidiary Unocal East China Sea, Ltd. has begun natural gas production from the first stage of the Chuandongbei Project in southwest China.

The Angola LNG project, which was forced into shutting down in April 2014 because of technical issues, has commenced recommissioning.

Cheniere Partners has engaged Joint Lead Arrangers to arrange the refinancing of project debt.