Natural gas news
The key to valve selection for challenging LNG applications
Proper control valve and relief valve selection is critical for profitable LNG terminal operations. Jean-Paul Boyer, Massimiliano Franco, Nagendra Maddula, and Eugenio Sudati, Emerson, explain the key design parameters for choosing the best components.
Nimofast signs partnership with Kanfer Shipping to sell and deliver LNG via small scale LNG vessels
Nimofast Brasil S.A. recently signed a partnership agreement with Kanfer Shipping AS to offer small and medium scale LNG shipping, small scale floating storage units, and LNG bunkering solutions to its clients in Brazil from 2025 onwards.
QatarEnergy and Sinopec sign LNG supply agreement to China
QatarEnergy entered into a 27-year sale and purchase agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for the supply of 4 million tpy of LNG to the People's Republic of China.
Freeport LNG provides update on liquefaction facility initial restart
Freeport LNG Development, L.P. has provided an update on the ongoing reconstruction and resumption of operations at its natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility.
GlobalData: India and China to drive Asia LNG regasification capacity additions through 2026
According to GlobalData, India and China will drive the LNG regasification capacity additions in Asia between 2022 and 2026, as the two countries step up imports of natural gas to reduce carbon emissions.
Technip Energies and Baker Hughes to collaborate on a 1 – 2 million tpy modularised LNG solution
Technip Energies and Baker Hughes have announced a memorandum of understanding that sets the groundwork for their cooperation on the joint development of a new 1 – 2 million tpy range LNG modularised solution for the onshore market.
HAM Criogénica Perú acquires 40% of Limagas Movilidad
HAM Criogénica Peru has acquired 40% of the company Limagas Movilidad S.A.C., a Peruvian company dedicated to the construction and management of vehicular natural gas service stations.
EIA: US natural gas disposition increased in 2021, driven by exports
The EIA’s most recent annual data for 2021 shows that the net disposition of natural gas in the US increased by 3.6% in 2021 compared with 2020 as a result of growth in LNG exports.
Chevron and MOL to study CO2 shipping from Singapore to Australia
Chevron Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd have announced the signing of a joint study agreement on the feasibility of transporting liquified carbon dioxide from Singapore to permanent storage locations offshore Australia.
The return of the long-term LNG SPA
Rob Butler, Baker Botts, UK, looks at the data behind LNG contracting activity over the last five years in order to establish whether there has been a resurgence in long-term LNG contracts, and considers what is driving change in LNG contracting behaviour during this period.