Regasification

Speaking at the recent Gastech event in Japan, JERA’s Hiroki Sato discusses key growth opportunities for gas and LNG, and how Asia will move beyond oil indexed gas contracts.

US is set to ship its first shale gas to a member of the former Soviet bloc.

Vopak and Exmar have announced that they have decided not to pursue a floating storage and regasification unit transaction announced last year.

LNG will be delivered by Cheniere Energy.

Gazprom has announced that a new pipeline from Russia's Arctic fields to Germany will increase Moscow's share of the European gas market.

Decal has announced that, in joint venture with San Marco Petroli, it has successfully completed the feasibility study for the construction of an LNG import terminal in Italy.

According to Reuters, the Indian Transport Minister has said that the country is aiming to reduce its oil products imports to zero, in favour of alternative fuels.

H-Energy is to begin importing LNG from Q3 2018 via a ship-based terminal leased from French group Engie.

Aqualis Offshore has announced that it has been contracted by South Korean OCEANUS Co. Ltd to provide specialist floatover services for an LNG regasification platform topside offshore Bahrain.

Gaz Métro has announced that its subsidiary, Gaz Métro LNG L.P., has completed its expansion project tripling the capacity of its natural gas liquefaction plant in Montréal, Canada.

LNG prices jumped this week, boosted by hopes Korea Gas Corporation's new tender would match past buying sprees.

China's LNG imports jumped 18% to 1.99 million t in March.

The operation, the first of its kind in Europe, is part of the CORE LNGas hive project co-financed by the European Commission. 

A working meeting between Alexey Miller and Abdulaziz Al-Adwani took place in Moscow on 20 April.

Skangas has announced that Kimmo Rahkamo has been appointed CEO, effective 15 May 2017.