LNG

A round up of the latest downstream oil and gas news from Asia.

Technip has won a contract worth € 245 million for the development for the Wheatstone and Iago fields, which will provide gas for the Wheatstone LNG project.

China National Offshore Oil Corp. has signed a production sharing agreement (PSC) with the Italian company Eni China B.V.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) has ordered a state-of –the –art LNG carrier for delivery Q1 2015 from a major South Korean yard. The vessel is of the new tri-fuel design enabling the ship to run on fuel oil, marine diesel/gas oil and natural gas offering attractive alternatives to charterers.

Anadarko has discovered 525 feet of natural gas pay at the Barquentine-4 well, further expanding the resources available for a potential LNG export hub in the area.

Fluor Corp. is to perform the FEED contract for a new LNG regasification terminal, which will be located in the town of Lahad Datu, Sabah, and will be built by Petronas Gas Berhad.

Production has been stopped at Yemen LNG’s Balhaf LNG terminal after a pipeline linking the Block 18 gas field and the terminal was sabotaged.

Qatargas are planning to shutdown the Qatargas-1 LNG train this April for routine maintenance.

BP has agreed on a sale of its gas assets in the UK North Sea to Perenco in a deal worth US$ 400 million.

Irish company Providence Resources has announced that daily oil flow rates from the Barryroe well have significantly exceeded targets.

Eni has announced a new discovery of 10 trillion ft3 of natural gas offshore Mozambique.

Ebara International Corp. has been awarded the contract to supply the main LPG and LNG submersible cryogenic pumps and liquid expanders for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.

Woodside Petroleum’s Pluto LNG liquefaction plant has reached ready for start up status (RFSU) and first gas has entered the plant today.

Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded the FEED contract for an LNG receiving terminal and jetty in the Dominican Republic by Complejo GNL del Este.

Halliburton Co, and Petronas have teamed up to explore possible shale resources in the Asia Pacific region.