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Portugal PM Wants Sines Port to Expand, Handle More U.S. LNG

Jun 04, 2018

Portugal is seeking to expand its deep-water port of Sines to handle greater liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the United States and elsewhere to offset Europe's shrinking domestic output, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Monday…

Singapore Awards Grant to Build LNG Bunker Vessels

Jun 04, 2018

Singapore's port authority will provide S$6 million ($4.5 million) to help build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessels, in a bid to promote ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the city-state.FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel and Shell Eastern Petroleum…

New LNG Import Terminal Planned at Port Kembla

Jun 04, 2018

A consortium including Japan's JERA Co and Marubeni Corp aiming to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Australia's east coast has chosen a site south of Sydney at Port Kembla for an import terminal, it said on Monday.The project will allow access…

China's LNG Trucking Capacity to Double by 2025

Jun 04, 2018

China's liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucking capacity will double to 38 million tonnes by 2025, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Monday.The flexibility offered from delivering LNG by truck will help offset a lack of infrastructure such as pipelines…

East China LNG Terminal Records 93% Sales Increase

Jun 04, 2018

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in east China operated by China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, recorded an increase of 93 percent in gas sales in the first five months of this year, the state oil company said on Monday…

Copenhagen Malmo Port Begins LNG Bunkering

Jun 03, 2018

Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) now offers bunkering of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). First off was the vessel Ireland, which unloaded cement in Malmö.  In connection with this she was provided with LNG via tanker lorries. It's about bunkering where safety requirements are extra tough…

LNG Carrier CESI Lianyungang Delivered

Jun 01, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the delivery of the LNG carrier CESI Lianyungang, which was ordered by the joint venture of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (CCSC) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Hudong) on May 31…

CNOOC Plots Tianjin LNG Terminal Expansion

Jun 01, 2018

CNOOC will start building six liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks by the end of the year as part of a project to expand its Tianjin LNG terminal to help meet surging demand from households in northern China, CNOOC Gas and Power Group said in statement on Wednesday night…

AGL Decision on LNG Import Terminal Expected in FY2019

Jun 01, 2018

AGL Energy Ltd, Australia's biggest power producer, expects to make a final investment decision on the country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the financial year of 2019, a company official said on Friday.The A$250 million…

LNG Tanker Stena Blue Sky to Arrive at Rotterdam on June 7

May 31, 2018

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Stena Blue Sky is due to arrive at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on June 7, Reuters shipping data showed on Thursday.The tanker has a capacity of about 144,000 cubic meters of gas.(Reporting by Susanna Twidale; Editing by Dale Hudson)

Petronas Buys Stake in Canadian LNG Export Project

May 31, 2018

Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd said on Thursday it is buying a 25 percent stake in a Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, nearly a year after cancelling its own planned terminal.The company…

GasLog Sets Charter Deal with Centrica, Orders New LNG Vessel

May 30, 2018

Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog signed a seven-year charter deal with the UK-based energy company Centrica for a newbuild LNG carrier it has ordered at the South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.  A 180,000 cubic meter LNG carrier…

BW LPG Offers to Buy Dorian LPG in $1.1 Bln Deal

May 29, 2018

The world's largest liquid petroleum gas (LPG) shipper, Norway's BW LPG, is offering to buy competitor Dorian LPG in a $1.1 billion all-stock deal in an effort to boost its earnings in a weak market, it said in a statement on Tuesday.Dorian shareholders will receive 2…

Tokyo Gas Takes First LNG Cargo from Cove Point

May 21, 2018

Japan received its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Monday from Dominion Energy Inc's newly completed Cove Point export plant, the beginning of a jump in imports from the United States by the world's biggest buyer of the fuel…

Osaka Gas wins Taiwan LNG terminal consulting work

May 17, 2018

Japanese city gas supplier Osaka Gas says its subsidiary has won consulting work for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals planned by Taiwan's state-owned CPC Corp and Taiwan Power Co.The subsidiary, Osaka Gas Engineering, will handle basic design for all of the planned LNG terminals in Taiwan…

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