2016 in review: top news of December

Shell-led LNG Canada looking for new lead contractor

The Hague-based LNG giant Shell and its partners in the LNG Canada consortium are looking for a new lead contractor for the delayed multi-billion export project in Kitimat, British Columbia.

Qatargas and RasGas to merge

Qatar, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, will merge its two production companies, Qatargas and RasGas.

SHI cancels LNG FPSO order

South Korean shipbuilder, Samsung Heavy Industries cancelled a contract to build a substructure for a floating LNG producing unit for an unnamed European customer.

GasLog moving forward with FSRU conversion

Monaco-based LNG shipper, GasLog on Monday said that Singapore’s Keppel shipyard begun ordering equipment required for the conversion of an LNG carrier to a floating storage and re-gasification unit.

DSME to build FSRU for Maran Gas

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has secured an order to build a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for Maran Gas Maritime, a unit of Greece’s Angelicoussis Shipping Group.

LNG World News Staff