Top news of the week August 1-7, 2016

Sabine Pass Train 2 produces first LNG, Genscape says

The second train at Cheniere’s Sabine pass liquefaction and export plant in Louisiana has started producing liquefied natural gas, according to analytics firm Genscape, that has infrared cameras pointed at the facility.

Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project moving forward, first cargo expected in mid-2017 (Video)

Construction work on Chevron’s US$29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Australia is progressing with first cargo still expected in mid-2017.

Malta LNG FSU ready for work

A sail away ceremony for the floating storage unit (FSU) Armada LNG Mediterrana was held in Singapore on Monday. The FSU will be dispatched in the coming days to Malta where it will be deployed at the Delimara LNG regasification terminal and power station.

BP, Atlantic LNG sanction Trinidad project to boost gas supply to Point Fortin terminal

BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT), a unit of the UK-based energy giant and Atlantic LNG, the operator of Trinidad’s sole LNG export facility, said they are moving ahead with the Trinidad onshore compression project.

BW converts DSME LNG tanker order to FSRU

Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW said it has amended its LNG tanker orders it has with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME),