The government of Australia’s state of Queensland is ramping up efforts to boost local natural gas supply by opening new land for gas exploration. Queensland is unlocking more than 6700 square kilometres of gas exploration acreage in 12 parcels located in the Bowen and Surat Basins. The land is loca
Prices of the spot liquefied natural gas imported into Japan during the month of March slipped below $3 per mmBtu in April.
Australian exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have held up despite the effects COVID-19 spread had on economic activity.
The London-based Baltic Exchange has launched a tool to provide quarterly assessments on the cost of operating liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas tankers. The Baltic Exchange said in a statement that data will be provided by independent third-party ship management companies. These com
The Novatek-operated Yamal LNG export project in the Russian Arctic will close two production units as of next week as part of planned maintenance. Yamal LNG said in a statement on Wednesday it will shut the second and third LNG train for 12 days each from 21 May to 15 June 2020. In addition to [&he
A joint venture led by Italy’s Saipem has secured a $4 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for Nigeria LNG’s seventh production unit at its Bonny Island plant. Saipem has a 60 per cent stake in the venture that includes South Korea’s Daewoo E&C and Chiyoda of Japan. This award
Houston-based energy and LNG engineer KBR said Wednesday it has secured a carbon capture contract from Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation. Under the master service agreement and feasibility study, KBR will assess options for carbon capture and sequestration, alongside blue hydrogen
Stena LNG and Northern Marine unit Tritec Marine have joined forces to develop a conceptual liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel. Both Stena LNG and Northern Marine are units of the Swedish shipping company Stena Bulk. The concept named SAFE Bunker is an LNG bunker/feeder vessel with a capacity of
Corvus Energy has won a contract from BMA Technology in Turkey to supply its lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system for a new Nordlaks fish carrier. This is the second live-fish carrier in a series of two being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for Norwegian salmon and trout producer, Nord
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard.
Japan’s liquefied natural gas trading giant Jera has started using a brand new LNG carrier as part of a long-term charter deal with GasLog. To remind, Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog revealed last week it would take delivery of GasLog Wales from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy. The 180,000 cubic meter c
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has recently managed and completed the delivery of regasification modules for China’s first newbuild LNG FSRU.
India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011.
US company NextDecade said it still plans to decide on its proposed Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas this year following reports that the decision could be affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Reuters reported on Monday citing a NextDecade spokeswoman that the company did not provide a
