Hispanic gas shippers Gas Natural and Repsol YPF may have to compensate Algeria’s state Sonatrach with make-up LNG cargoes in return for delays to the Gassi Touil project, Algerian energy minister...

Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co (Adgas) is locked in price negotiations with Asian buyers and European traders to sell the annual 500,000 – 700,000 tonnes of LNG above what it already supplies to Tokyo...

Belgian gas carrier Exmar has posted consolidated 2006 results of $76.3 million, falling 7% year-on-year, the group said late last Friday. The downturn was due to milder weather and lower crude oil...

The TTF was bullish at the start and end of the second half of March, with prices cooling off between these two spikes. At the start of the fortnight, the higher prices were fuelled by forecasts of...

Eni has confirmed it plans to build an offshore LNG import terminal in the northern Adriatic Sea.Domenico Dispenza, general manager of Eni’s Gas & Power unit, said the ideal location had not yet been...

Eon UK will supply National Grid’s Grain LNG terminal in the UK with up to 340 MW of heat from its planned 1,275 MW CCGT on the Isle of Grain. The excess heat will be used to regasify LNG at the...

Equatorial Guinea is likely to join the league of LNG producing nations during April, when BG Group takes its first cargo under a 17-year deal for 3.4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). Marathon’s $1.4...

Petronet LNG this week said it would import 24 spot cargoes this fiscal year, in a doubling of last year’s figure. Shell is said to be looking for a similar quantity to import through the Hazira...

India’s Gas Authority India Ltd (Gail) has apparently edged ahead in the ongoing competition to become the owner of the Ratnagiri project’s LNG import terminal. Indian politicians are thought to be...

Public meetings are to be held in Ireland next week to consult members of the public about the Shannon LNG import terminal proposal in County Kerry, Ireland.Paddy Power, managing director of Shannon...

Myanmar’s chances of becoming an LNG exporter have taken a blow with the news that China has reached an agreement to take gas by pipeline from the Shwe, Shwephyu and Mya fields in the A1 and A3...

BelgiumLNG - The first cargo for Belgian incumbent Distrigas under a long-term deal with Qatar arrived at Zeebrugge this month, as expected. The 145,800 m3 Umm Bab berthed on schedule, terminal...

Shell’s Gulf Landing falls by the waysideShell’s US gas and power division has cancelled plans to build the Gulf Landing LNG terminal offshore Louisiana. The company said that market forces were...

Shareholders in Polish gas incumbent PGNiG gave the go-ahead for the company to create a 100% owned subsidiary to develop its planned LNG terminal at Swinoujscie on Thursday. Polskie LNG (PLNG) will...

The state-owned Polish Oil and Gas Company POGC has announced a tender for contractors to begin expansion of the Wierzchowice storage facility in Lower Silesia. The tender is to close on 10th May....

The UK court today effectively stopped work on part of the pipeline linking two new LNG import terminals at Milford Haven to the National Grid following an appeal by a local resident to quash...

Technip this week denied reports it had already won an $11 billion contract for the first phase of the OK LNG project in Nigeria, which, if awarded, would mean that a Final Investment Decision had at...

Turkmenistan’s official news website has reported that the Central Asian state planned to increase gas exports 25% year-on-year in 2007. Addressing Turkmenistan’s Council of Ministers, the council’s...

Oversupply was still the picture on the LNG spot market this week. Buyers appear to be getting wise to the general lack of selling options and are knocking down prices. Buyers in the US can get a...

At Belgium’s Zeebrugge hub, trading was hampered at the start of the month by uncertainty over the flow direction of the Britain/Belgium Interconnector. The pipeline changed flow directions four...