Op-Ed Praises Canadian Officials’ Trip to Qatar
Posted on Jun 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Op-Ed Praises Canadian Officials’ Trip to Qatar
An op-ed carried by the Chronicle Herald (Canada) praises the trip planned by federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn and Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald to Qatar in order to discuss LNG supply contracts for two projects in Nova...
Gazprom Examining ExxonMobil’s Offer to Participate in Proposed BlueOcean LNG Project
Posted on Jun 19, 2008 in Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gazprom Examining ExxonMobil’s Offer to Participate in Proposed BlueOcean LNG Project
Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said yesterday that his company has received ExxonMobil’s offer to participate in the BlueOcean LNG terminal but has not yet analyzed the offer. Medvedev noted further that Gazprom has examined at least 25 terminals in the eastern United States to identify the most efficient routes for LNG supplies from the planned Shtokman and Yamal LNG...
Sakhalin LNG Receives Financing to Complete Project
Posted on Jun 16, 2008 in Financing, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Sakhalin LNG Receives Financing to Complete Project
Reuters (U.K.) reports that Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. has secured $5.3 billion from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and a consortium of international banks to finance the last stages of construction and the commissioning of the Sakhalin LNG liquefaction project. Gazprom, one of the project developers, announced earlier this spring that it expects the project to begin...
Alaskan Officials Hear Analysis of Proposed LNG Export Plant and Natural Gas Pipeline
Posted on Jun 10, 2008 in Liquefaction, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaskan Officials Hear Analysis of Proposed LNG Export Plant and Natural Gas Pipeline
The Fairbanks News Miner (Alaska) reports that Alaska Gasline Port Authority members heard testimony yesterday from several energy industry consultants on the economic benefits of constructing an LNG export plant, proposed by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, versus constructing a natural gas pipeline to transport gas via...
Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility Receives Export License Extension
Posted on Jun 4, 2008 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility Receives Export License Extension
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an extension of the license permitting Alaska’s Kenai LNG liquefaction facility to export LNG. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the extension will last until...
Atlantic LNG Train 4 Operating at Nearly Full Capacity
Posted on May 30, 2008 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Atlantic LNG Train 4 Operating at Nearly Full Capacity
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], citing an anonymous source, reports that the Train 4 liquefaction works of Trinidad & Tobago’s Atlantic LNG facility operated at 97% of full capacity last month. According to Platts, the source said that Train 4 had experienced technical problems related to increasing liquefaction capacity and was operating at approximately 70% of...