LNG

According to Russian government documents, Novatek will begin construction of an LNG liquefaction plant on the Yamal peninsula in 2012.

Golar LNG has been selected as the successful bidder to build the West Java FSRU project by Nusantara Regas.

GDF SUEZ is to supply China’s CNOOC with 2.6 million t of LNG over four years, starting in 2013.

Repsol and Qatargas have signed a multi year supply agreement for Qatar to supply LNG to Repsol’s Canaport LNG terminal.

Leighton Contractors has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to deliver the civil and underground works package for the Gorgon Project valued at more than $800 million.

Singapore is building up the infrastructure to become a major LNG hub for the Asia-Pacific region, as well as being a prolific consumer of LNG in its own right.

After the two nations’ premiers met in New York this week, they have agreed to go ahead with a Qatar-led LNG project in Sri Lanka.

Excelerate Energy is to build a second LNG importation terminal In Argentina, effectively doubling the country’s terminal capacity.

Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, has announced that it has huge reserves of unconventional gas in the form of shale gas, which could double its proved gas reserves.

Two notes from the American Petroleum Institute regarding new oil and natural gas industry taxes.

The recent UN and EU sanctions in response to its continued nuclear programme have left Tehran with few friends in the international community, and it is unsurprising that the states who intend to carry on doing business with such a contentious partner clearly have their own political agendas to pursue.

New Recovery Act funding boosts industrial carbon capture and storage research and development.

750 gather and call on Congress to focus on jobs and the economy in Canton, Ohio, rally.

Some of the latest Hurricane Earl news.

More than 5000 gather and call on Congress to focus on jobs and the economy in Texas rallies.