RasGas Supplies First Qatari LNG to Brazil
(Wednesday, July 28, 2010) RasGas Company Limited (RasGas), the Qatar-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier, recently announced the sale of an LNG cargo to Petrobras.

AGL, El Paso to Distribute LNG Across Southeast
(Wednesday, July 28, 2010) AGL Resources Inc. and El Paso Corp. on Wednesday announced the signing of a joint-venture agreement to distribute liquefied natural gas (LNG) across the southeastern United States to the heavy-duty transportation market.

CB&I Snags LNG Tank Contract in Asia Pacific
(Tuesday, July 27, 2010) CB&I announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of US$190 million, for two LNG storage tanks associated with a major liquefaction project in the Asia Pacific region.

Hamworthy Wins LPG Order from Petrobras' Transpetro Unit
(Tuesday, July 27, 2010) Hamworthy has been awarded a contract by Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Promar S.A. covering the ship design and supply of cargo handling systems for eight LPG carriers destined for operation by Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras.

Chevron Targets 25M t/y Capacity at Wheatstone
(Monday, July 26, 2010) Chevron Corp. said Monday its proposed Wheatstone liquefied natural gas plant will have a maximum annual production capacity of 25 million metric tons.

S. Korea's Samchully to Buy Into Indonesian LPG Firm
(Friday, July 23, 2010) Samchully Co., a South Korean supplier of city gas, said Thursday that its coal unit, Samtan Co., will buy a 34-percent stake in E-Pertagas, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producer in Indonesia.

Calais LNG Seeks New Fnancial Backer
(Thursday, July 22, 2010) A company hoping to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais, Maine, is working to line up a new financial backer after the original partner opted to drop out of the project.

FERC: FGT, Williams Partners Can Connect to Gulf LNG
(Wednesday, July 21, 2010) Florida Gas Transmission Co. (FGT) and Williams Partners L.P. on Wednesday announced that FERC has approved a proposal to connect the existing FGT and Transco natural gas pipeline systems with the new Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal.

Indonesia Offers to Sell 3.3M Tonnes of LNG
(Wednesday, July 21, 2010) Indonesia will seek to sell its surplus of 60 cargoes or around 3.3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to buyers in Asia.

Hitachi, Toyo Target Sale of Small LNG Plants to Asia
(Tuesday, July 20, 2010) Hitachi Ltd. and Toyo Engineering Corp. are targeting a niche market that could meet a chunk of Asia's future natural gas consumption.

Apache, Kufpec, Kogas Sign Wheatstone Deal
(Monday, July 19, 2010) Apache Corp. -- together with a subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. k.s.c. (KUFPEC) -- has signed Heads of Agreement (HoAs) for the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Wheatstone LNG project in Australia.

Qatargas Delivers First Q-Max Cargo to Japan
(Monday, July 19, 2010) Qatargas has delivered its first Q-Max cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan.

Alaska Legislators Seek Local Gas Assurances Before Kenai Extension
(Monday, July 19, 2010) Seven Alaska legislators have asked the state attorney general to oppose a two-year extension to a federal license for LNG exports from the ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil LNG plant near Kenai.

Foster Wheeler Wins FEED Framework Agreement for Karsto Project
(Thursday, July 15, 2010) Foster Wheeler has entered into a Framework Agreement, awarded by Statoil, for FEED services valid to support the development of the Kårstø oil and gas processing plant.

Alderley to Provide Metering System at Algerian LNG Plant
(Wednesday, July 14, 2010) Alderley Systems has secured a contract worth more than six million pounds to provide a metering system at the new build LNG plant at Arzew in Algeria.

8 LPG Carrier Contracts for New Shipyard in Brazil
(Wednesday, July 14, 2010) Estaleiro Promar signed 8 contracts to build LPG Carriers for Transpetro, the shipping arm of Petrobras.

CNOOC Starts Operating 4 Gas-Fired Power Generators in Fujian
(Tuesday, July 13, 2010) CNOOC Gas & Power Group has started commercial operation of four gas-fired power generation units at its Putian plant.

Singapore Seeks to Import LNG from Indonesia
(Tuesday, July 13, 2010) Singapore wants to import LNG from Bontang, Indonesia, after it finishes construction of its LNG receiving terminal in 2012, an official of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulator (BP Migas)said.

Russia Aids Japanese Efforts at LNG Diversification
(Monday, July 12, 2010) With demand for liquefied natural gas set to explode in the future, Japan will benefit greatly from securing LNG supplies from eastern Russia.

Main Automation Contractor Selected for Shell Floating LNG Facility
(Friday, July 09, 2010) Emerson 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 development.