LNG import news

French LNG imports saw a significant increase in 2018, as the US, Russia and Australia all made greater quantities of LNG available on the global market.

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into a management agreement with Pardus Energy for their new building FSRU.

PGNiG has announced that it is scheduled to receive its 50th LNG cargo at the President Lech Kaczynski LNG terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland, on 27 January 2019.

China has held onto its position as the world’s second largest importer of LNG, buoyed by back-to-back record months to end 2018.

Gazprom has announced that it has held a working meeting with Mitsui & Co. Ltd to discuss current issues related to bilateral collaboration, including the Sakhalin II project.

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has announced that it has recently received its first floating storage and regasification unit project at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard.

Sheffield Resources Limited has announced a 15-year agreement with Woodside for the supply and delivery of LNG to the Thunderbird project in northern Western Australia.

Sonatrach and CHEC have signed a contract for the extension of the Skikda oil port to include an LNG marine jetty and port infrastructure.

According to Reuters, the operator of the Klaipeda LNG terminal in Lithuania has said that the terminal will more than double its LNG volumes once gas pipelines to Finland and Poland open after 2021.

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation has resold an LNG cargo which has been floated offshore South Korea since late 2018.