State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy is progressing with commissioning activities at the first train of the North Field East LNG project in Qatar despite the ongoing Middle East crisis, according to EPC contractor Technip Energies.
Coastal Bend LNG is seeking approval from the US FERC to initiate the pre-filing process for its planned 22.5 mtpa LNG export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Shell and PetroChina decided to develop the next phase of Arrow Energy’s Surat gas project in Australia's Queensland to deliver more gas to the Shell-operated QCLNG facility on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.
US FSRU player Excelerate Energy confirmed that it has signed a seven-year charter agreement with a unit of Canadian firm Frontera Energy to deploy its FSRU to a new LNG import terminal under development in Colombia. Excellerate also confirmed that it purchased a TFDE LNG carrier to convert it to an FSRU.
A joint venture of Shell and Freeport Oil Company (Focol) has selected ECOnnect's jettyless LNG transfer system for the recently approved small-scale LNG regasification terminal in the Bahamas.
A unit of Canadian firm Frontera Energy has entered into a deal with a US-based FSRU player to charter one floating storage and regasification unit which will be installed in Cartagena, Colombia. The company also entered into a take-or-pay agreement with Colombia's state-owned energy firm Ecopetrol to provide integrated logistics and LNG regasification services.