The United States Department of Energy recently approved Eagle LNG Partners’ application to export liquefied natural gas from its facility in Jacksonville, Florida.
Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO), the South Korean power company launched an international tender to purchase one cargo of liquefied natural gas. KOMIPO is seeking a 2.20-2.33 TBtu LNG cargo on DES basis for delivery between August 26-28, according to a notice on the utility’s website. The deadline for
By Henning Gloystein and Osamu Tsukimori SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices held near two-month lows on Monday amid worries that a global crude and refined product glut would weigh on markets for some time to come. International Brent crude oil futures <LCOc1> were trading at $45.51 per barrel a
Venture Global LNG has been granted a 25-year authorization by the U.S. Department of Energy to export approximately 1,240 Bcf per year of natural gas from its Plaquemines LNG project in Louisiana to free trade agreement countries.
Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has received an early termination notice of the contract for the Ice-class 1A AHTS Njord Viking from Eni Norge in the Barents Sea. Besides working for Eni Norge, the 2011-built vessel has also been part of the extended towing -preparedness in the area on behalf of the Norwe
Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by world’s largest consumer of the chilled fuel, Japan dropped 5.6 percent in June as compared to the same month a year ago. Japan imported 6.26 million mt of LNG in June, provisional data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance showed on Monday. The country’s coal im
Indian Oil Corporation has reportedly started talks with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) to buy its share in the 5 mtpa Mundra LNG import terminal currently being built in Gujarat.
Subsea Industries, based in Antwerp, has introduced a filler coating, Ecofix, for use with its Ecoshield hard coat system. Boud Van Rompay, executive director of Subsea Industries, said: “We are seeing an increasing number of propulsion and steering equipment suppliers apply tough hard coatings to t
MV Xin Fei Zhou, a 8,500 TEU Neopanamax containership owned by China Cosco Shipping (COSCO), made contact with the wall while transiting the Expanded Panama Canal’s new Agua Clara locks Thursday, July 21, local media reported. The containership’s hull was reportedly damaged and breached, however, th
Engie puts Cameroon LNG project on hold French utility and LNG player Engie has put on hold its plans on building a liquefied natural gas export plant on the coast of the Kribi region in southern Cameroon. Technip wins contract for SCT&E LNG project French engineering outfit Technip signed a master
Chevron’s US$54 billion Gorgon project in Western Australia has resumed LNG production at the giant facility located on Barrow island. The liquefaction and export plant was unexpectedly closed and evacuated earlier this month, after a “minor gas leak” was detected. “LNG production has resumed at the
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has completed the installation of the last foundation at the Burbo Bank Extension project. Van Oord was responsible for the installation of the foundations, supply and installation of the scour protection and provided the logistics of the foundations between the f
Ports in Britain could gain advantage over ports in the European Union due to Brexit by dodging the EU’s proposed Ports Services Regulation, Reuters has cited leading UK port operators as saying. The decision to leave the European Union could be beneficial for British terminals which would be otherw
National Grid, which will build, own and operate the majority of the new electrical infrastructure needed to connect the Block Island Wind Farm to the electric grid on Block Island and mainland Rhode Island, is progressing with cabling works required to connect the first American offshore wind farm
