Regasification

Alexey Miller and the Japanese Ambassador, Toyohisa Kozuki, recently met to discuss cooperation prospects in the LNG sector.

Thigpen Energy is set to take delivery of four LNG Queen Mobile Storage Trailers from Chart Industries Inc., as well as an LNG vaporiser.

Bear Paw Pipeline Corp. Inc. has registered an Environmental Assessment with Nova Scotia Environment to construct a 62.5 km pipeline from Goldboro to the proposed Bear Head LNG plant in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Qatar Petroleum recently delivered the 500th LNG cargo to the South Hook LNG terminal in Milford Haven, UK.

Fluxys has released a statement claiming that it has signed a framework agreement with Gazprom to cooperate in the small scale LNG sector.

Hyundai E&C and Hyundai Engineering have been awarded the Al-Zour LNG Import Terminal Project in Kuwait.

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd has released a statement claiming that it has successfully completed the construction of the Hitachi LNG terminal in the Hitachi Port area, Japan, and that operations have now begun.

Following approximately 10 months of construction, GAS Entec has announced that it has successfully delivered a 50 million ft3/d floating regasification unit.

Lanner examines the effect of El Niño on the LNG industry.

A Gazprom delegation, lead by the Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Vitaly Markelov, has visited Vietnam to discuss cooperation in LNG and natural gas vehicles.

ENGIE has announced that GDF SUEZ Trading, which provides energy market to solutions to various third parties from upstream to downstream, has been renamed ENGIE Global Markets.

Reuters reports that a US$794 million Polish LNG terminal, which is located by the Baltic sea, is expected to have its first commercial shipments delivered in July 2016.

Swedegas and Kanfer Shipping explore LNG transport by sea and storage in the Gävle region of Sweden.

Toho Gas Co. Ltd has announced that it has entered a sale and purchase agreement with Petronas LNG Ltd for the first purchase of LNG by portfolio supply.

According to Reuters, the European Commission has approved Finnish plans to make €28 million available in public funding to help pay for an LNG terminal.