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Late June LNG cargo heading for Lithuania
The FSRU Independence, serving as Lithuania’s import terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo next week.
Stockholm court rejects Lithuania’s Gazprom claim
A four-year-long dispute between Lithuania and Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has ended with the court ruling against the Baltic country, which filed a €1.5bn ($1.7bn) claim over gas pricing.
LNG-powered Ternsund completes sea trials
Winterthur Gas & Diesel informed that the LNG-powered 15,000 DWT chemical tanker, Ternsund, built by AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding in China for Terntank Rederi, recently passed the sea trials.
Noble given go ahead for Leviathan platform FEED deal
Leviathan partners, Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration have authorized Noble Energy, the operator of the Leviathan project to enter into a front end engineering design contract (FEED) for the production platform for the field.
Finnish LNG-powered icebreaker bunkers at Vuosaari Harbour
Finnish LNG-powered icebreaker Polaris, recently bunkered liquefied natural gas at Helsinki’s Vuosaari Harbour before setting off for its first sea trial on LNG, Skangas said.
First July cargo heading for Belgium
Zeebrugge LNG terminal operated by Fluxys is scheduled to receive its first July cargo from Qatar.
Britain may face winter with record low gas stocks after outage
By Susanna Twidale and Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – The shutdown of Britain’s largest gas storage facility for 42-days sent wholesale gas prices surging on Wednesday on the possibility the country could head into winter with record low inventories. In an already volatile day of trading d
GasLog banks on FSRU potential
Monaco-based owner and operator of liquefied natural gas carriers, GasLog said it is continuing in developing its capabilities in the floating storage and regasification (FSRU) sector. The current low natural gas and LNG prices are driving demand for FSRU solutions. FSRUs will “facilitate the openin
GTT, Endel strengthen LNG containment systems cooperation
French LNG containment specialist GTT signed a technical assistance and license agreement with Endel, for the construction of GTT membrane containment systems.
Gazprom gives nod to new asset sales program
Russian gas giant Gazprom has approved a new program for the disposal of non-core assets for the next three years. Over the period from 2013 through the first quarter of 2016, the company earned a total of RUB 45.2 billion ($705m) from selling non-core and inefficient assets, Gazprom said in a state
Portugal gets LNG cargo
REN-operated Sines LNG import terminal in Portugal received a cargo of the chilled fuel on Tuesday, shipping data by the Port of Sines showed. The cargo has been delivered from Nigeria LNG’s Bonny Island liquefaction plant onboard the 175,000-cbm LNG Abuja II. The vessel is expected to depart soon f
Russia’s Gazprom eyes asset swap deals with Shell, OMV by year-end
Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom could gain control over some of the assets that Shell acquired earlier this year from BG group, a senior Gazprom executive said in an interview.
Novatek approves Yamal LNG financing
Series of Yamal LNG related transactions have been approved at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the project’s operator Novatek.
Picture of the day: LNG STS transfer in Gibraltar
Gibraltar Port Authority informed a liquefied natural gas ship-to-ship transfer was carried out in Gibraltar bay.