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DNV is to issue a new range of technical guidance on offshore gas terminals following the technologies rising use of FSRUs, FPSOs and SRVs in recent years.

Despite plunging demand in North America thanks to shale and unconventional gas resources, the LNG industry continues to expand, buoyed by the consistent and burgeoning global appetite for energy.

New studies in The Salary Guide evidence a strong recovery curve in the UK oil and gas industry, while competitive salaries allow engineers to thrive.

ExxonMobil’s energy outlook shows rising global energy demand, shift toward natural gas and energy efficiency gains.

Kyushu Electric Power Co. has agreed to buy 0.3 million tpy of LNG from the Gorgon LNG project commencing in 2015.

Ten companies have replied to Petrobangla’s tender to build a new LNG terminal on Bangladesh’s coastline to import Middle Eastern LNG.

The BP Energy Outlook 2030 is the first of BP’s forward looking analyses to be published after 60 years of producing definitive historical data in the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.

Santos LNG has sold stakes in its Gladstone LNG project to KOGAS and Total and signed a 20 year supply agreement with KOGAS.

Calais LNG has formally withdrawn its application to build an LNG terminal in Calais, Maine.

LNG imports into Europe have reached a record high of 302 billion ft3 in November 2010.

Grain LNG, owned by National Grid Plc, has completed a capacity expansion plan worth £310 million. The terminal can now handle 20% of the UK’s annual gas demand.

The Winter issue of LNG Industry features a regional report by Chris Holmes, Purvin & Gertz, examining the changing dynamics behind the European gas market.

Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Hydrocarbon Engineering Contributing Editor, looks at the Southeast Asian energy sector.

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

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.