Offshore LNG news

According to Reuters, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara – an Indonesian gas utility company, and a unit of state-owned Pertamina – is looking to lease an LNG floating storage unit.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. for US$55 billion.

According to Reuters, Kosmos Energy anticipates that it will have agreed to sell down its stake in projects off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal in which it partners with BP by the of this year.

McDermott and BHGE have won contracts to provide a URF and SPS solution for the Ichthys LNG field development, which is located offshore northwestern Australia, and which is operated by INPEX.

According to Reuters, partners in the Leviathan field, which is located offshore Israel in the Mediterranean, are considering constructing a floating LNG facility to liquefy and export gas.

AB Klaipedos nafta has announced that it has submitted a tender bid to design, build and operate the Cyprus LNG import terminal.

YPF has reached a preliminary agreement with Excelerate Energy L.P. for the charter of an LNG carrier, which will export LNG from the Tango FLNG unit located in Bahía Blanca to the global gas market.

Total has announced that it has signed agreements with the Republic of Benin and the Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique to develop the LNG market in Benin.

Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has officially commissioned an FSRT into service to supply Jamaica with LNG.

McDermott International Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by YPF S.A. to provide pre-FEED services for a 5 million tpy LNG plant at the Vaca Muerta Shale field in Argentina.