zoomImage courtesy of Cuadrilla Lancashire-headquartered Cuadrilla has received final hydraulic fracture consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its first horizontal shale gas exploration well at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. All other relevant planning and permits required were already secured, the company
Melbana starts Beehive 3D seismic survey
zoomImage courtesy of Polarcus Australian independent oil and gas company, Melbana Energy, kicked off the 3D seismic survey of the Beehive prospect in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, 225 kilometers southwest of Darwin. The seismic survey is being carried out by the Polarcus’ vessel, Polarcus Naila, Melbana said. The Beehive 3D
Chinese duo to build LNG terminal in Yueyang City
zoomIllustration only. Image source: Pixabay under CCO Creative Commons license. Chinese pair, China Huadian and Guanghui Energy shave agreed to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and storage facility in Yueyang city on the Yangtze river. Named the Yueyang LNG terminal, the project will be developed in three phases
Kuehne + Nagel bags Petronas logistics contract
Image courtesy of Kuehne + Nagel Malaysian LNG giant Petronas has awarded a three-year logistics and supply chain contract to the German logistics specialist Kuehne + Nagel. Under the agreement, Kuehne + Nagel will assume end-to-end integrated supply chain responsibilities for Petronas, the logistics specialist said in its statement. Malaysia
Trinidad’s May LNG production surges YoY
zoomTrinidad onshore compression project: (Image courtesy of BP) Trinidad and Tobago’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production rose 40 percent year-on-year in May to 2.32 million cubic meters. When compared to the month before, production at Atlantic LNG’s Point Fortin facility remained almost flat, according to the data by Trinidad’s Ministry
Chinese June LNG imports rise YoY
Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into China during the month of June have risen compared to the corresponding period last year. The country that is pursuing the switch from coal to natural gas for heating and industrial purposes, saw its June LNG imports reach 3.97 million tonnes, 31.3 percent
Venice Energy lines up Port Adelaide LNG import project
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Höegh LNG) Melbourne-headquartered Venice Energy plans to develop an FSRU-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Port Adelaide. Speaking to Reuters, Venice Energy’s managing director Kym Winter-Dewhirst, said the project would start up in 2020. The company is looking to file a development
India’s LNG imports continue to rise
Kochi LNG storage tanks (Image courtesy of Petronet LNG) India’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) surged in June as compared to the last year, logging an increase for the fourth consecutive month following a drop in February. India imported 2.51 billion cubic meters of LNG or about 1.90 million
US Elba Island LNG export project pushed back
zoomElba Island regasification terminal (Image courtesy of Kinder Morgan) US energy firm Kinder Morgan said on Wednesday that the start-up of its Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project near Savannah, Georgia had been pushed back. Initial in-service date for the liquefaction facility located near the existing import facility at Elba
Japan’s LNG imports down 10.3 pct in June
Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) dropped 10.3 percent in June as compared to the same month a year ago, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance. Japan, the world’s top LNG buyer, imported 5.55 million tonnes of LNG last month. This was the lowest monthly number