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Poland officially joins club of LNG importers
Poland has officially joined the club of worldwide LNG importing nations with the arrival of the first commercial cargo at the Swinoujscie LNG terminal from the world’s largest LNG exporter, Qatar. The 210,000 cbm Al Nuaman docked at the Swinoujscie LNG terminal’s jetty at around 15.30pm local time.
Gazprom continues LNG discussions with Gasunie
Russian giant Gazprom on Friday extended its list of companies it engaged with in talks on cooperation in the small-scale LNG sector.
Russia: Sakhalin Energy launches tender for 3rd LNG train
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia’s only LNG plant, has on Thursday launched a tender for the construction of the third liquefaction train at the terminal on Sakhalin island. The Sakhalin-2 LNG facility has currently two liquefaction trains with a capacity of about 10 million tons per annum. T
UK’s Grain LNG terminal to get reloaded cargo from Belgium
Chevron’s Asia Vision LNG tanker is set to deliver a reloaded cargo of the chilled fuel to UK’s Grain LNG terminal, located on the Isle of Grain, Kent. The 160,000-cbm tanker is currently loading a cargo of previously imported LNG at Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal. The ship will depart from
Gazprom, Fluxys advance talks on small-scale LNG cooperation
Russia’s Gazprom said it is looking the possibility of cooperating in the small-scale LNG market with Fluxys of Belgium.
Teekay orders GTT’s LNG simulator software
GTT Training, a unit of France’s LNG containment systems specialist, GTT, won a contract from Teekay to supply a G-Sim LNG simulators for its training centers in Glasgow, Manila and Bahrain.
Technip, FMC Technologies step forward with merger
Paris-based LNG engineer Technip and Houston-based FMC Technologies executed the business combination agreement following the conclusion of work council consultation process in Europe.
Novatek, Linde in strategic LNG tie-up
Novatek of Russia, the developer of the Yamal LNG project on Thursday signed a strategic partnership and cooperation agreement with Linde.
Gazprom and Shell ink MoU on Baltic LNG
Russia’s Gazprom and Hague-based LNG giant Shell signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding regarding the Baltic LNG project. Under the MoU, the two companies will expand their cooperation in the LNG business and study the possibilities for the construction of an LNG export plant in the port o
European Commission approves LNG merger between Air Liquide E&C and OMZ
The unit of the Paris-based Air Liquide, Air Liquide E&C is on track to complete the merger with the Russian LNG technologies developer OMZ, following the European Commission’s approval.
Gazprom to boost Asia-Pacific LNG supplies
State-owned Russian energy giant Gazprom said it is aiming to boost LNG supplies to Asia-Pacific as the company is expanding production capacities in eastern Russia. Gazprom operates Russia’s only LNG plant, built within the Sakhalin II project, which currently has an annual production capacity of 9
Gazprom expands NGV fueling network
Gazprom of Russia said its expansion in the NGV market continues together with the construction of a small-scale LNG terminal in the port of Hamburg.
Update: French LNG terminal strikes end
(Updated with a further comment by an Elengy spokeswoman to say that two LNG tankers have been redirected due to the strikes) Workers at Elengy’s three LNG terminals have called off their almost four week-long strikes. France has been hit by a wave of strikes aimed at forcing President Francois Holl
MAN ME-GI engines ordered for Maran Gas LNG newbuilds
MAN Diesel & Turbo on Tuesday said it has received orders for M-type, electronically-controlled, gas-injection (ME-GI) engines from Maran Gas, for its two newbuilds at DSME of South Korea.