Annova LNG lands $373 million tax abatement
Cameron County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $373 million tax abatement deal for Houston liquefied natural gas company Annova LNG to build an export terminal at the Port of Brownsville.
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Petronas signs up LNG bunkering with Avenir
Petronas has chartered an LNG bunkering vessel in Malaysia, under a deal with Avenir LNG.
Obiang’s cars sold in Geneva
A collection of supercars that had been owned by Equatoguinean Vice President Teodorin Nguema Obiang has been sold at auction in Geneva.
Total ticks off Mozambique LNG
Total has closed its purchase of Anadarko Petroleum’s 26.5% stake in the Mozambique LNG project.
Japanese backers for Novatek’s transhipment plans
Novatek has signed deals with Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) on its LNG transhipment projects.
Aberdeen-based HVAC wins £1m contract for Russia’s Sakhalin project
An Aberdeen-based energy services firm has won a contract worth more than £1million for work in Far East Russia.
Saipem: Alongside gas, clean energy will represent about 60% of our portfolio
Saipem chief executive, Stefano Cao, looks forward to the Italian firms plans to move toward cleaner energy over the next ten years.
KOGAS signs up US LNG supplies from BP
South Korea has struck a 15-year deal with BP for LNG supplies, covering 1.58 million tonnes per year.
Tellurian signs $7.5bn US LNG pact with Petronet
Tellurian Inc. said it signed a $7.5 billion agreement for India’s Petronet LNG Ltd. to buy into its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana, in what could potentially be one of the largest foreign investments in the U.S. to ship shale gas abroad.
FERC approves Eagle LNG
The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) has conditionally approved a small-scale liquefaction project in Jacksonville, Florida.
NextDecade signs up to Rio Bravo pipe plan
NextDecade has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Enbridge on the construction of a pipeline from Texas’ Agua Dulce area to the proposed Rio Grande LNG project, in Brownsville.
QP, Shell take to the seas with LNG bunkering
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Shell have agreed to a joint venture focused on global LNG bunkering. The company’s respective Wave LNG Solutions and Shell Gas & Power Developments are backing the new plan.
ENH taps up Vitol expertise for trading venture
Vitol and Mozambique’s state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) have set out plans for a trading-focused joint venture.
Uniper lines up for Woodside’s Scarborough supplies
Australia’s Woodside Energy has signed a preliminary deal on supply LNG to Uniper Global Commodities.
EOG to access JKM pricing via Cheniere deal
Cheniere Energy has signed a deal to provide liquefaction services to EOG Resources, a US-based shale producer.
Magnolia LNG lined up for Vietnam supplies
The Australian developer of a US-based liquefaction project is working on plans to supply an LNG-to-power project in Vietnam.
Majors on the wrong track for emission action
The largest listed oil and gas producers are moving in the wrong direction, according to a new report from Redburn, “Lost in Transition”.
NEOT seizes opportunity with Kairos bunkering
Finland’s NEOT has become the first company to bunker LNG from the Kairos vessel, in Sweden’s Port of Södertälje.
Vopak buys into Colombian FSRU
Royal Vopak has bought a 49% stake in Colombia’s LNG import facility, in Cartagena. The company did not disclose how much it paid for the holding, in the statement announcing the move on September 12.
NLNG chooses contractor for Train 7
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has chosen a consortium made up of Saipem, Chiyoda and Daewoo E&C (SCD) to carry out work on the project’s seventh train. The choice of the SCD consortium was set out on September 11 at a ceremony in Abuja, with the signing of a letter of intent (LoI).
Partners sought to saddle up on Equus
Australia’s Western Gas is seeking partners to bring its Equus LNG project into production by 2024. The company has a plan for gas from the offshore Equus fields to be transported, via a 160 km pipeline, to a floating LNG (FLNG) facility near the shore.
Freeport signs up Train 4 financing
Freeport LNG has reached a deal to raise $1.025 billion from Westbourne Capital and its partners. The cash will go to supporting a fourth train at the plant. A commissioning cargo from Freeport LNG’s Train 1 was exported on September 3. The announcement comes as Cheniere Energy Partners has increased the size of a notes offering to $1.5bn, from the proposed $1bn.
Total concessions win PNG approval
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has approved Total to proceed with the Papua gas project – but subsequent projects will be carried out under a new system.
China’s energy strategy takes the long view
When you take the long view of history, trade wars become skirmishes and even Brexit will be seen as a ship that passed in the early 21st Century night.
McDermott, BHGE win Ichthys subsea deals
US energy services giants McDermott and Baker Hughes GE have been awarded contracts for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project off Western Australia.