Regasification

According to Reuters, GAIL India Ltd is holding discussions with Gazprom to delay and renegotiate a 20-year, 2.5 million tpy gas purchase agreement.

According to Reuters, Enarsa – the Argentinian state-run energy company – has bought six cargoes of LNG as part of a recent tender from Gunvor, Vitol, Iberdrola and Trafigura.

Spain has received its first shipment of US LNG into Reganosa´s LNG terminal.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced that its subsidiary has concluded a long-term charter contract with Gas Sayago of Uruguay for a floating storage and regasification unit project, led by Gas Sayago.

According to Reuters, the US is set to transport its first cargo of LNG through the newly expanded Panama Canal next week.

Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. has announced that it will introduce a virtual LNG pipeline in order to help bridge the capacity demands for power in Southeast Asia.

Total has signed an agreement to supply LNG to Japan’s Chugoku Electric for 17 years, starting in 2019.

Chevron has announced that it has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of China’s JOVO for the supply of 0.5 million tpy of LNG over a five-year period.

Teekay has released a video of the Madrid Spirit LNG tanker, which recently became the first vessel to discharge at the new Dunkerque LNG terminal.

GE has released a statement claiming Azeez Mohammed has been appointed President and CEO of GE Energy Connections’ Power Conversion business.

Hawaiian Electric has announced that it has decided to withdraw its requests for approval of an LNG contract and generation upgrades following the termination of a proposed merger with NextEra Energy.

According to Reuters, the consortium that constructed the new LNG terminal in Poland has filed a request for a further payment from Polskie LNG of up to US$49 million.

Enagás has announced that it obtained a net profit of €214.2 million in 1H16 – 0.5% higher than the figure from the same period in 2015.

Fortis’ arrangement to provide LNG to the Hawaiian Electric Companies to be used for local power generation has run into difficulties following a recent decision by the Hawaiian Public Utilities Commission.

Marathon Oil Corp. has announced that first gas production has been achieved through its new Alba B3 offshore compression platform off Equatorial Guinea.