Regasification

TEPCO Fuel & Power, Inc. has contracted ABB to upgrade the control and I/O systems for the Futtsu LNG terminal.

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd and GAIL (India) Ltd have signed an MoU with Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Ltd for taking equity in the LNG receiving terminal that is being developed at Dhamra Port, India.

The Alaska Railroad has announced that it will demonstrate its ability to safely transport LNG in containers by rail from south-central to interior Alaska, US, in early Autumn 2016.

Litgas has announced that, alongside Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas, it has signed an agreement with Statoil ASA enabling reliable and flexible wholesale LNG supplies at the Klaipeda LNG terminal.

Excelerate Energy and Dubai Supply Authority have completed the first commercial gas-up operation at DUSUP’s Jebel Ali LNG import terminal via Excelerate’s Explorer FSRU.

Wärtsilä Corp. has signed an MoU with PT Perusahan Listrik Negara to develop 500 MW of power generation solutions and related LNG storage and regasification infrastructure in Indonesia.

Japan’s JERA Co. Inc. has announced that it has submitted a new electricity supply plan to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the fiscal year 2016.

In advance of his trip to Asia, the Governor of Alaska has met with Japan’s METI and JOGMEC to discuss Alaskan LNG.

Neste Jacobs has released a statement celebrating the completion of the engineering, procurement and construction management services it provided for Finland’s first LNG import terminal.

Gasum has announced that Finland’s first LNG import terminal in Pori has officially commenced operations.

The Governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, has announced that he will travel to Singapore and Korea to meet with government officials and company representatives to promote Alaskan LNG.

According to Reuters, Korea Gas Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian state of Ceara to cooperate in the development of an LNG import terminal in Brazil.

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd has announced that it has received its first delivery of LNG from the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project.

A new forecast from Douglas-Westwood suggests that global LNG expenditure will total US$284 billion between 2017 and 2021.

Klaipedos Nafta’s LNG terminal regasified a total of 840 000 MWh of LNG during August 2016.