Regasification

Chinese transportation is seen as a growth driver through 2020, with more long-haul trucks running on LNG.

Natural gas traders, utilities and producers are preparing for a winter without the UK’s biggest storage facility.

Beijing Energy Investment Holding Company has signed a strategic alliance agreement with the local authorities of Tangshan.

China's imports of LNG rose 15.6% from 2016 levels to 2.17 million t.

Gas is poised to play a larger role in US-China trade relations.

The Arctic Discoverer vessel departed the facility on the Gulf Coast and is listed as heading for Rotterdam.

According to Reuters, POSCO is looking to purchase one LNG cargo for delivery in late June 2017.

BP has reached an agreement to supply PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara – the Indonesian state electricity firm – with 16 LNG cargoes annually from 2020 to 2035 from the Tangguh project.

Wood Mackenzie has announced that the 100-day action plan between China and the US has the potential to alter the global LNG trade.

TMC Compressors has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries to deliver a marine compressed air system for a floating storage and regasification unit.

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s LNG services group has won a multi-year contract to provide additional volumes of LNG to a major pharmaceutical company’s manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico.

Kanfer Shipping AS has announced that it has appointed a new representative for the Brazilian market – Paschoalin Consultoria em Engenharia Ltda.

According to Reuters, Egypt is currently in talks with its LNG suppliers, looking to reduce its dependence on LNG imports as its domestic production increases.

Chart has announced that plans to have the first phase of the Klaipeda LNG distribution hub in Lithuania operational by the end of summer 2017 are on track.

According to Reuters, senior company officials at Petronas have stated that the company may try shorter-term LNG contracts and smaller cargo sizes in order to attract buyers.