Japan's JERA, the world's largest individual buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), said today that it will buy a 25.7% interest in Freeport LNG Development in the US for about $2.5 billion as it races to secure LNG supplies.
Woodside (ASX:WPL) has struck a deal to sell a 49% interest in its proposed Pluto Train 2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Western Australia to fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Significantly, LNG from the project is claimed to be one of the lowest carbon intense sources of the fuel to be delivered into Asia, attracting GIP.
Abu Dhabi’s state-owned energy producer is close to selling a multibillion-dollar stake in its natural gas pipelines to an investor group backed by Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Asset Management Inc., in what is set to be one of the year’s biggest infrastructure deals.
An investor group backed by Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Asset Management is seeking a loan of about $8 billion to finance the potential purchase of a stake in ADNOC’s natural gas pipelines, according to people with knowledge of the matter.