Clean Fuel
Statoil hits gas in Norwegian Sea
Norwegian energy giant and LNG operator Statoil made a minor gas find in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea and about 200 kilometers west of Sandnessjøen.
ING, SocGen to test LNG trading with blockchain in months
By Karolin Schaps, Christoph Steitz and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Banks ING and Societe Generale are in talks with traders to test liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading based on blockchain, the technology starting to shake up the traditional energy industry. Blockchain, which originates
Eni agrees Mozambique LNG development stake sale to ExxonMobil
Italian oil and gas company Eni agreed to sell its 25 percent interest in gas-rich Area 4 block offshore Mozambique to ExxonMobil for a cash price of approximately US$2.8 billion.
Engie to sell its share in Petronet LNG
France’s LNG player Engie, through its unit, GDF International, proposed to shed its shareholding in India’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas, Petronet LNG.
Report: Sonatrach, Engie to renew LNG supply contract
Sonatrach of Algeria is reportedly set to extend the liquefied natural gas supply deals it has with the French utility and LNG player Engie.
PrimeServ to maintain Teekay’s ME-GI LNG carriers
MAN PrimeServ, a division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, signed a maintenance contract with Teekay Shipping for Teekay’s three ME-GI LNG carriers.
Ophir: Fortuna FLNG remains on schedule for FID in mid-2017
London-based Ophir Energy on Thursday said it still expects to make a final investment decision on its Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea in mid-2017.
SGMF joins forces with LNG bunkering coalition
SEALNG, the industry coalition promoting the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation with the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF).
Amec Foster Wheeler nets Quintero LNG deal
LNG engineer Amec Foster Wheeler secured an owner’s engineer contract from GNL Quintero for engineering services at the Quintero regasification terminal in Chile.
Belgium to get Qatari LNG cargo
Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar later this month.
Poland: PGNiG plans increased use of north-eastern LNG plants
Polish Gas and Oil Company (PGNiG) plans to up the use of LNG regasification plants in north-eastern Poland.
Report: Italian LNG tender sparks competitive bidding
OLT Offshore’s tender for the supply of about 15 LNG cargoes attracted a lot of interest with suppliers putting in bids at a slight premium to Britain’s National Balancing Point (NBP) trading hub prices.
Spain’s February LNG imports surge YoY
Spain’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose almost 112 percent in February as compared to the same month in the year before. LNG imports reached 20.9 terawatt hours (TWh) in February, as compared to 9.9 TWh the year before, according to the data provided by the Spanish LNG terminal operator,
Klaipedos Nafta LNG terminal revenue slides in February
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the first Lithuanian LNG terminal reported a 12,9 percent drop in sales revenue from the facility during January 2017.