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Cheniere authorized to advance Sabine Pass Train 3 commissioning
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction project has been authorized to introduce feed gas and refrigerants into Train 3 and stage 2 OSBL facilities for commissioning.
Canada hands out new offshore acreage. BP scoops four parcels
Canadian offshore oil & gas regulator, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), has announced the results of its 2016 call for bids for acreage in the off Eastern Newfoundland region and Jeanne d’Arc basin. The oil major BP came out as the biggest winner scooping acre
Souki expects Donald Trump to be “business-friendly”
Former CEO of Cheniere and now the CEO of new LNG player Tellurian Investments, Charif Souki expects the newly elected US president Donald Trump not to get in the way of business.
Oil firms ‘looking forward’ to working with Trump administration
As is already known, Donald Trump has managed to beat the odds and has been elected U.S. president, much to the surprise of well – everyone. Energy intelligence companies, such as Douglas-Westwood and S&P Platts Global, have been quick to paint a rough picture of what the energy environment might lo
Fluxys tests 2nd Zeebrugge LNG jetty
Belgium’s Fluxys has conducted first operational tests as part of the commissioning process of the second LNG jetty at its terminal in the outer port of Zeebrugge. The operational tests were “successful,” Fluxys said on Tuesday through its social media channels. They were performed with the Dutch-fl
ReCAAP: Five Asian Maritime Incidents Reported in October
A total of five incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia were reported in October 2016, according to piracy-watchdog ReCAAP. Out of the five incidents, one was an incident of piracy in South China Sea and the other were armed robbery against ships in Indonesia, Philippines and Vie
BSH Lists Offshore Wind Projects Proposed for Germany
German Maritime and Hydrography Agency (BSH) has published a list of proposed offshore wind projects in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, excluding projects which are in operation, in trial operation or under construction. The basis for the publication of the list is the national offshore wind energy ac
PetroChina completes phase 2 of Rudong LNG terminal expansion
PetroChina completed the second phase of the expansion project at the Rudong LNG terminal in Jiangsu province by putting the 223,000-cbm storage tank into operation. In addition to the LNG storage tank, the company started up the regasification facilities and pipelines, China Huanqiu Contracting and
Trump win ‘welcome’ news for oil and gas industry
The unexpected has happened. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States of America, after beating the odds and the polls the U.S. media had come out with, expecting a win for Hillary Clinton. While the win for the Republican presidential candidate has been confirmed, it may be too
Flogas, Stolt-Nielsen plan small-scale LNG project in Scotland
Flogas Britain, distributor of liquefied natural gas in the UK, and Stolt-Nielsen LNG launched a joint project to explore bringing LNG to areas of Scotland not served by the existing natural-gas grid.
EIA: U.S. natgas output to drop for first time since 2005
Natural gas marketed production in the U.S. is forecast to decline this year, for the first time since 2005, according to the Energy Information Administration. Production is forecast to average 77.3 billion cubic feet per day in 2016, a 1.4 Bcf/d decline from the 2015 level, EIA said in its latest
Klaipedos Nafta’s LNG terminal revenue flat in October
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the first Lithuanian LNG terminal on Tuesday said the revenue from the import facility remained flat in October.
Enagas ups GNL Quintero stake to 60.4 pct
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás said on Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of a 20% stake in GNL Quintero regasification plant in Chile. Enagás, through its subsidiary Enagás Chile, completed the US$197 million deal with Aprovisionadora Global de Energía, the spinoff of Metrogas and in wh
Oil stumbles as Trump stuns markets with White House win
By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday as Donald Trump stunned the world by winning the U.S. presidential election, throwing global markets into turmoil in a result reminiscent of June’s Brexit vote. Crude futures markets roared into action, with trading accelerat