Image courtesy of ExxonMobil ExxonMobil devised a plan for greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2020, including a 15 percent decrease in methane emissions and a 25 percent reduction in flaring. The company is undertaking a number of initiatives to significantly reduce methane emissions. XTO Energy’s leak-detection-and-repair efforts and operational improvements
Image courtesy of GDLNG China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) said its Guangdong Dapeng LNG terminal hit a milestone of unloading and regasifying over 60 million tons of the chilled fuel. The facility’s current capacity is at 7.7 million tons per year, CNOOC said in its statement, noting it is
Image courtesy of Osaka Gas Japan’s utility Osaka Gas could be in the hunt for new long-term LNG supply deals as it increases its trading activities. Speaking to Reuters, Keiji Takemori, a senior general manager of LNG trading at Osaka Gas, said the company plans to up its trading volumes and is interested
zoomImage courtesy of PGNiG Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG saw imported LNG volumes rise 31 percent during the first quarter of 2018 from the volumes imported during Q1 in 2017. PGNiG said in its statement on Wednesday the volumes of regasified LNG reached 0.51 billion cubic meters. During the first
An Arctic LNG carrier (Image courtesy of Novatek) Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek is working on expanding its annual liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity up to 60 million tonnes by 2030, which would place Novatek in a group of world’s largest producers of the fuel as a
China’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose in April as the country continued its switch from coal to natural gas as fuel for heating. China imported 3.39 million tonnes of LNG last month, up 56.5 percent year-on-year, according to the General Administration of Customs data. These imports rose 0.14
Kochi LNG storage tanks (Image courtesy of Petronet LNG) India’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose 4.5 percent in April on a yearly basis for the second consecutive month following a drop in February, according to the latest data from oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). India
The Corpus Christi liquefaction project (Image courtesy of Cheniere) US LNG export player Cheniere Energy has made a positive final investment decision for the third liquefaction unit at its Corpus Christi facility in Texas. Cheniere said in a statement on Tuesday it plans to issue a full notice to proceed to
Image courtesy of Nauticor Hamburg-based Nauticor and Madrid-based Gas Natural Fenosa have joined forces to enable the liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation of the newly built chemical tanker Fure Vinga in the port of Cartagena. The operation carried out on may 19, was the first LNG bunkering operation of the Fure
zoomImage courtesy of Santos Australia’s Santos, the operator of the GLNG project on Curtis Island, has rejected the takeover bid made by the EIG Global Energy Partners-backed investment firm Harbour Energy. On May 21, Santos received a conditional binding offer from Harbour Energy to acquire 100 percent of Santos shares by