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Chevron, KOGAS Sign Major LNG and Equity Agreements for the Wheatstone Project
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[2010/07/19]
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 Chevron Corporation announced on July 19 that its Australian subsidiaries signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone natural gas project in Australia. ... Read more
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Ichthys Project Environmental Impact Statement Released
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[2010/07/15]
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 Inpex Corporation has announced on July 15 that the Ichthys Project joint venture (INPEX Browse, Ltd. 76%, Operator, and Total E&P Australia 24%) has reached a significant milestone with the release of its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for an 8 week public review and comment period. ... Read more
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Emerson Selected as Main Automation Contractor for Shell Floating LNG Facility
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[2010/07/09]
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 Emerson Process Management announced on July 9 that it has been appointed by Technip Samsung Consortium to serve as Main Automation Contractor for the Shell “Prelude” project, which will potentially be the world’s first Floating LNG (liquefied natural gas) development. Emerson Process Management was selected by Technip Samsung Consortium due to its Global Framework Agreement with Shell, announced in February 2010. This is the first project award for Emerson Process Management resulting from its Global Framework Agreement. ... Read more
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for Cameroon LNG Project
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[2010/06/28]
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 Foster Wheeler AG announced on June 28 that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ to carry out the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for the development of an onshore LNG plantand offshore gas gathering infrastructure. The project seeks to establish a national gas transportation network linking Cameroon's offshore gas resources with the State-sanctioned onshore sitenear Kribi on the southern coastline of Cameroon. Foster Wheeler is working with GDF SUEZ and GDF SUEZ's partner, Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH). ... Read more
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Repsol Delivers its First Cargo from the Peru LNG Terminal
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[2010/06/24]
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 Repsol announced on June 24 that the delivery of its first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipment, onto the Barcelona Knutsen Tanker, from the Pampa plant Melchorita (Peru) which was officially inaugurated on June 10th. ... Read more
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CB&I Announces Successful Start-up and Operation of PERU LNG
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[2010/06/22]
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 CB&I announced on June 22 that PERU LNG has successfully produced its first cargo of LNG. CB&I is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the full scope of the project, the first LNG liquefaction plant in South America.
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Talks on Mexican Court Order Suspending Operations at LNG Terminal
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[2010/06/21]
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 Officials of Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, reported that, on June 18, they learned of a Mexican federal district court issuing an order on June 17 directing Mexican regulatory authorities to provisionally suspend authorizations for the operation of Sempra LNG’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Ensenada, Mexico, pending further legal proceedings. These legal proceedings will address an action by Ramon Eugenio Sanchez Ritchie based on his claim of possession of a land parcel adjacent to the terminal property.
The June 17 court order was issued, without notice or an opportunity to be heard to Sempra LNG, which has been engaged in a long-standing dispute with Sanchez Ritchie over this land parcel. The company purchased the parcel in 2006 after already having obtained all permits necessary to construct and operate the terminal. None of these permits are conditioned on ownership of the land parcel in dispute.
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KBR Receives Change Orders for Yemen LNG Project
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[2010/06/16]
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 KBR announced on June 15 that they have received final change order agreements with its joint venture partners Technip of France and JGC Corporation of Japan, for the Yemen LNG Plant. The contract on this lump-sum turnkey project, valued at more than $2 billion, was first announced in September 2005. As announced in KBR's First Quarter 2010 Earnings Call, Train 2 of the Yemen project achieved ready for start-up status on March 12 and care, custody and control of the project has been turned over to the client. The final change order agreements generate KBR after tax income of approximately $27 million or $0.17 of earnings per diluted share.
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AMEC Awarded Major South Hook LNG Terminal Contract
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[2010/06/10]
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 AMEC announced on June 10 that they have been appointed by South Hook LNG Terminal Company Limited to undertake a three-year term services contract for one of the largest and newest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals in Europe, the South Hook Terminal in South Wales. ... Read more
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Cheniere Energy Partners Initiating Project to Add Liquefaction Capabilities at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
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[2010/06/04]
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 Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc., announced on June 3 that its general partner's Board of Directors has approved the initiation of a project to add liquefaction services at the Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Adding liquefaction capabilities would transform the Sabine Pass terminal into a bi-directional facility capable of liquefying and exporting natural gas in addition to importing and regasifying foreign-sourced LNG. Cheniere expects to take advantage of the existing infrastructure at the Sabine Pass terminal to offer customers bi-directional services at attractive pricing. Based on preliminary estimates, the expected fee for bi-directional services will be approximately $1.40/MMBtu to $1.75/MMBtu. This added service would provide customers with an attractive option to source natural gas supply from the U.S. pipeline grid at prices indexed to Henry Hub. ... Read more
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