Top news of the week December 19-24

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.

Wison Engineering snatches Kazakhstan’s first LNG plant contract

Wison Engineering Services of China has been awarded a contract for an LNG facility in Kazakhstan by Astana Trans Oil.

Total grabs stake in Tellurian

Total of France on Tuesday said it has acquired a 23 percent stake in Tellurian Investments for a US$207 million, gaining access to the proposed Driftwood LNG project.

PNG military to protect ExxonMobil’s $19 billion LNG project

The Papua New Guinea Government has announced it will deploy the military near the ExxonMobil-operated $19 billion PNG LNG project due to what it says rising tensions between tribes in Hela province in the highlands.

BP joins Kosmos to develop West Africa LNG export project

Kosmos Energy formed ties with the UK-based energy giant BP through a $916 million farm-out of assets in the Mauritania-Senegal basin where Kosmos is planning a “world-class” LNG project.

LNG World News Staff