Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas next week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority. The Golar Mazo tanker, with a capacity of 135,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on January 16. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving
IHI Corp. said yesterday it will build two 160,000 m3 LNG tanks and auxiliary facilities at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s thermal power plant in Sendai. The LNG receiving facilities will supply gas to a new combined cycle power generation system to be newly built at the power plant. IHI has over 40 ye
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on January 26, according to the Zeebrugge Port Authority website. The Murwab LNG tanker, with a capacity of 210,175 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and ha
Sweden’s Stena is considering an order for five LNG tankers, according to several media reports. The order would be worth about $1.2 billion. Stena purchased three LNG tankers from the Taiwan-based shipping company TMT for a total of USD 700 million last year. The three LNG tankers are the “Stena Bl
GDF Suez will be expanding its environmental and energy efficiency services in Chile by acquiring Térmika, a leader in the design, installation and management of energy services. It will now develop its businesses under the brand “Cofely Térmika, GDF Suez Group”. Térmika provides two of the most imp
The LNG Guardian stand-by vessel has been delivered on Thursday, to its Italian owner, Fratelli Neri S.p.A. The LNG Guardian is the third ship to be built for Fratelli Neri at Gondan Shipyard. This is an FRSU support ship that will assist in the regasification terminal which operates at sea, 12 mile
KBR, JGC Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation jointly announced that INPEX CORPORATION and Total S.A. have notified the joint venture formed by JGC, KBR and Chiyoda, the JKC JV, that the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Ichthys LNG project has been achieved. As part of this notification, the I
The U.S. Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal re-exported a LNG cargo Sunday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by Seri Balquis, a 157,610 cubic-meter tanker, and is heading to Asia. According to shipping data, the cargo is due to arrive at Port Said in Egypt on Jan. 23. Th
Santos has provided an update to the NSW Government on a complaint lodged in October last year that an area of approximately 1.2 hectares of the Pilliga State Forest was impacted by the operations of Eastern Star Gas during 2011. The preliminary outcome of Santos’ investigation of the matter is that
Golar LNG Limited announced that it has executed a time charter for one of its modern LNG carriers, the Golar Arctic, to a major Japanese trading company for a firm period of 3 years. The charter is expected to commence in March 2012 following the end of the vessel’s current charter. The annualised
Keller Group plc, the international ground engineering specialist, announced that its Australian business has secured a key contract with Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd worth in excess of A$180m (£120m). The contract is for the piling installation for the Chevron-operated A$29bn (£19bn) Wheatstone LNG Pl
On Wednesday afternoon, Statoil temporarily shut down production at its LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following rupture of a fire water line. The fire water unit is part of the plant’s safety system, and Statoil implemented a controlled production shut down. A water leakage at the rupture
A working meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee was held Wednesday. Alexey Miller informed Dmitry Medvedev on the Company’s operating results of 2011, particularly on gas supplies to the domestic and European markets, execut
INPEX CORPORATION and TOTAL S.A. today confirmed the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project. INPEX Chairman Naoki Kuroda made the announcement in Darwin, the site of the onshore gas processing facilities which will be built to produce 8.4 million tonnes of liquefied
