Regasification

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Calais LNG has formally withdrawn its application to build an LNG terminal in Calais, Maine.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

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

Tokyo Gas and MOL have agreed a minority share transfer in LNG shuttle and regasification vessels (SRVs) jointly owned by MOL and Höegh LNG.

Technip has announced a strategic partnership with subsidiaries of PETRONAS, to work jointly on onshore and offshore projects.

Woodside Petroleum’s CEO has put off a final investment decision on the planned expansion of Pluto LNG, but has stated that plans are afoot for further expansion.

Woodside has made new gas discoveries at its Alaric-1 exploration well, reviving hopes that the planned expansion of its Pluto regasification terminal may go ahead.