Regasification

Asian markets are more attractive for the fuel due to higher prices.

Nigeria launched a scheme on 29 August to transport LNG to regions not linked by pipeline.

Wärtsilä Corp. has announced that the mechanical completion of the Tornio Manga LNG terminal was achieved on 18 August 2017.

The utilisation rate of July peaked at 95%, raising the value of the first seven months to 83%.

Demand for gas in Poland and Central Europe is growing.

Framo has announced that it has won a contract to deliver pump systems for a potential FSRU for shipowner GasLog at Samsung Heavy Industries.

Japanese power companies' LNG consumption down 8% in May year on year.

Excelerate Energy Development DMCC has announced that it has carried out the 100th ship-to-ship LNG transfer at the Engro Elengy Terminal in Port Qasim, Pakistan.

South Korea’s third-largest refiner S-Oil Corp has signed a long-term LNG supply contract with Petronas.

Singapore's Pavilion Gas has won the right to use storage facilities at the SLNG LNG terminal.

China's July LNG imports nearly doubled from a year ago to 3.12 million t.

Shell is in talks to buy natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan field and pump it to a LNG plant in Egypt.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo plans to sign an agreement to import LNG from Equatorial Guinea.

Lithuania received its first spot shipment of LNG from the US on 21 August.

Qatar's state-owned LNG companies completed their first co-loaded LNG deliveries to two different destinations.