Liquefaction Slowly does it for African LNG projects in 2015
There may have been little progress on the headline LNG export projects in Mozambique and Tanzania this year, but small FLNG and FSRU projects across sub-Saharan Africa are gaining traction.
Liquefaction Aussie LNG threatens to swamp Asian buyers
Australian LNG projects could swamp Asia with LNG if demand does not pick up next year.
Renewable diesel receives boost in California
The use of renewable diesel in California has received a boost as Golden Gate Petroleum won contracts with the state and city of San Francisco, for its RD99 renewable diesel product.
23 December 2015CNG filling station opens in Columbus, Georgia
American Fueling Systems has opened a $2 million CNG fuelling station in Columbus, Georgia – the first such facility in the city and second-largest in the state.
23 December 2015Texas accepting NGV grant applications
Texas has begun accepting applications for the state’s NGV grant programme aimed at improving air quality, including $37.8 million in emission reduction grants.
23 December 2015Brass LNG FID to continue without Total
Total’s withdrawal from the Brass LNG project will not impede the signing of its FID, Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum and group managing director of NNPC has said.
23 December 2015Chinese inventories grow as snow stops deliveries
Producers in northern China continued to build inventories as snow prevented trucked deliveries last week, while ex-works LNG prices from Chinese plants dropped by 1.43%.
23 December 2015Asian LNG prices dragged down by cheap crude
Asian spot LNG prices declined by 1.99% last week from the previous week, as a result of crude oil prices falling to their lowest level in more than a decade.
23 December 2015US bid to boost LNG as marine fuel
Two United States senators who support the use of gas as a transport fuel have joined forces with major gas industry executives to promote new legislation that would give LNG parity with other fuels.
22 December 2015China Huadian signs up for Gorgon LNG
State power utility China Huadian has signed a non-binding heads of agreement to offtake 1 mtpa from Chevron’s Gorgon project for 10 years starting in 2020.
22 December 2015GTT and Cochin to sign LNG tanker deal
France-based LNG transport and storage engineering company Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) is expected to sign an agreement on Monday with India’s state-owned Cochin Shipyard to build LNG shipping vessels.
21 December 2015Pieridae buys site for Goldboro LNG
Pieridae Energy, the developer of the Nova Scotia-based Goldboro LNG export project, has bought a 107-hectare site for $3.2 million.
18 December 2015Louisiana Lake Charles LNG gets nod from FERC
The Louisiana Lake Charles LNG project has received approval from the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, BG Group and Energy Transfer Equity have announced.
18 December 2015Civil groups plan legal challenge to Moz LNG
Civil society groups in Mozambique are planning a legal challenge against the government and United States-based oil firm Anadarko.
17 December 2015China provides funding for Yamal LNG
China’s Silk Road Fund (SRF) has provided €700 million ($759 million) for the $27 billion Yamal LNG project, Novatek Chief Executive Leonid Mikhelson told reporters.
17 December 2015Rotterdam offers discount to LNG-fuelled ships
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) in the Netherlands is offering a 10% discount on gross seaport duties to vessels that use LNG as a bunkering fuel.
17 December 2015Cheniere may buy stake in Greece LNG
United States LNG project developer Cheniere Energy may buy a minority stake in a proposed LNG terminal in Greece.
17 December 2015
Egypt begins Ain Sokhna LNG expansion
Egypt is building an energy hub on the Red Sea to satisfy the country’s huge demand for gas and solve its supply security problems.
17 December 2015
No respite for Aussie industry as LNG saps market
The startup of Australia’s LNG export projects could cause supply shortages and prices increases for the country’s domestic market.
17 December 2015Gorgon’s commissioning vessel to arrive within a week
Chevron’s $54 billion Gorgon LNG plant on Australia’s Barrow Island will reach a milestone with the arrival of its commissioning vessel in the next seven days.
16 December 2015Shell and Gunvor win Pakistan LNG supply tender
Pakistan State Oil has awarded five-year LNG supply contracts to Shell and Russian firm Gunvor.
16 December 2015Bahrain signs LNG deal ahead of supply talks
A series of diplomatic spats with its neighbours has pushed Bahrain towards importing LNG to secure its energy needs.
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