
PetroChina begins work on largest domestic built LNG plant
PetroChina has begun work on the Tai'an plant in Eastern Shangdong province. The plant is scheduled for completion in late 2013 and will have a liquefaction capacity of 600 00 tpy of LNG.
Stay up to date with the latest news and updates from the LNG industry.

PetroChina has begun work on the Tai'an plant in Eastern Shangdong province. The plant is scheduled for completion in late 2013 and will have a liquefaction capacity of 600 00 tpy of LNG.

Production at Nexen’s Buzzard field is to remain halted until at least Wednesday as an investigation continues at the North Sea platform.

The exploration company, Borders & Southern has announced a “significant” gas condensate discovery off the Southern coast of the Falklands.

Thiess has won the contract to perform the groundwork for the downstream section of the Wheatstone LNG project.

The latest EIC Monitor quarterly report tracking new project announcements shows that the global energy industry has seen encouraging signs of growth in the first quarter of 2012.

Experts have claimed that the UK’s offshore shale reserves could exceed 1000 trillion cubic ft – five times onshore estimates.

Santos Q1 results show a production increase of 13% and an increase in revenue of 50%.

The Department of Energy and Climate change has granted TOTAL consent to drill a relief well to tackle the Elgin gas leak after a full environmental assessment.

Cheniere Energy has received FERC approval to construct and operate the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant.

Chevron is to supply Chubu Electric Power Company with 1 million tpy of LNG under a long term sales agreement from the Wheatstone LNG project.

GDF Suez is to supply Gasnor AS with 7.5 TWh of LNG over a 12 year period, starting in 2013.

At a recent meeting, Vladimir Putin, unveiled a new set of rules for offshore development in Russian territory as well as long awaited tax breaks that look set to make formally economically unviable projects possible.