Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Tokyo Electric) The price of spot liquefied natural gas contracted in Japan has continued its slide with prices declining again in April. Data from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) shows the contract-based price slipped to $5.2 per mmBtu, an 18.7
Sur plant; Image courtesy of Oman LNG Houston-based LNG engineer KBR has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Oman LNG for the debottlenecking of their Sur facility. KBR said that, under the terms of the contract, it would provide FEED services for the debottlenecking project to increase
Coral Anthelia at Gate (Image courtesy of Gate) Dutch Gate terminal in the port of Rotterdam has received two shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Novatek-operated mid-scale liquefaction facility in Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Vysotsk. Novatek launched full-scale production at the Cryogas-Vysotsk project, jointly owned with Gazprombank,
zoomImage courtesy of Fluxys Belgium P. Henderyckx The Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal in Belgium booked a series of cargoes in May. The first two vessels are scheduled to arrive at the Zeebrugge facility on Friday, May 17. Arctic liquefied natural gas carrier, Boris Davydov capable of transporting up
Image courtesy of NextDecade U.S. LNG export project developer NextDecade has elected one of its non-executive directors as an interim chairman of the board following the recent untimely demise of chairwoman Kathleen Eisbrenner. NextDecade said on Tuesday that the company selected Matthew Bonanno, a non-executive director, to act as the
zoomImage courtesy of MHI Mitsubishi Shipbuilding christened the liquefied natural gas carrier under construction for a joint venture of JERA and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). The new ship, named Bushu Maru is the Sayaringo STaGE type, featuring significant improvements in both LNG carrying capacity and fuel performance due
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of ExxonMobil) Mozambique Rovuma Venture, formed by ExxonMobil, Eni and CNPC, said today that the government of Mozambique had approved its development plan for the Rovuma LNG project. Rovuma LNG project plans to produce, liquefy and market natural gas from three reservoirs located in the
zoomCameron LNG Train 1 (Image courtesy of McDermott) Sempra Energy said that production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the first liquefaction train started at the Cameron LNG export project in Hackberry, Louisiana. Lisa Glatch, chief operating officer of Sempra LNG and board chair for Cameron LNG, said, “Cameron LNG
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Guangdong Dapeng LNG) China has set out a new set of tariffs it plans to impose on goods imported from the United States which include liquefied natural gas (LNG). China’s Ministry of Finance on Monday noted that the US government increased its tariff on
Image courtesy of Peru LNG Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Pampa Melchorita shipped a total of four cargoes in April, dropping compared to the corresponding month a year ago. Data from the state-owned Perupetro shows that out the four cargoes three landed in South Korea with one
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of GTT) French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist, GTT has been contracted to provide tank design for a pair of Maran Gas newbuilds. GTT said in a statement that the two liquefied natural gas carriers for the Greek shipowner are being built at South
