Tag: LNG infrastructure

Australia's Gorgon project, one of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the world has shipped its first cargo to Japan. Located on Barrow Island off the coast of northwestern Australia, the project includes a domestic natural gas plant, a carbon dioxide injection project, and an LNG export facility.

Russia's Gazprom and Belgium's Fluxys have signed a framework agreement to cooperate on developing the small-scale market of liquefied natural gas in Europe, to include construction and operation of LNG receiving terminals, LNG bunkering infrastructure and LNG filling stations.

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. announced that it has completed construction of “Hitachi LNG Terminal” in Hitachi Port area and started operation. In addition, Tokyo Gas has begun use of “Ibaraki-Tochigi Line”, newly constructed high pressure trunk line.

The European Commission has found that Finland's plans to grant €28 million to build a small scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Hamina, on Finland's South-East coast, are in line with EU state aid rules.

The US Coast Guard issued a notice advising stakeholders of its collaboration with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on voluntary cyber reviews for MTSA-regulated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.

The GAINN projects focus on identifying the optimal solution for ports to provide LNG bunkering in the EU. The projects are to include engineering studies on adapting ships to reduce their emissions to "desired" levels, pilot tests to retrofit and improve various types of vessels, and actions to retrofit or build new vessels that comply with this framework.

Croatian Government announced its plan to build a floating LNG terminal instead of a land-based LNG terminal in the northern Adriatic as a FLNG is ''cheaper and can become operational in two years''

The EU has a major opportunity to improve its energy security and its competitiveness thanks to the positive development of the global LNG market. Ensuring that all Member States have access to liquid gas markets and diversified sources of supply is therefore a key objective of the EU's Energy Union.

Harvey Gulf announced the opening of the first marine LNG fueling terminal in North America.