LNG in brief

Table of contents

• LNG landing pages
• LNG trackers
• Pipeline attacks in Nigeria highlight increased security risks in 2021
• Croatia become Europe’s latest LNG importer with the arrival of first LNG carrier
  • Latest insights and informs
  • The LNG Big Chill Podcast
• Barossa takes step towards FID as Santos sign 10 year 1.5 mmtpa LNG deal with DGI
• Papua LNG to move ahead on its own
• One small LNG bunkering operation in Asia, one giant leap for Asian LNG bunkering
• Qatar Petroleum kickstarts QP Trading with SPA with Pavilion Energy
• Cheniere increases its run rate, announces deal with Foran Energy
• Tortue project conceptoptimised in bid to deliver value
• Wilhelmshaven FSRU’s failed open season provides boost to other planned German terminals
• Russian Arctic LNG-2 finishes up fleet formation
• Norway’s Snøhvit LNG outage extended to a year after fire incident
• Tango FLNG project between YPF and Exmar comes to an early end
• Qatar Petroleum on track for lower emission North Field expansion projects
• Tanzania to resume negations with IOCs over delayed LNG project.
• Snøhvit LNG set for outage of at least one month after fire incident
• Equinor takes step towards full electrification of Snohvit LNG with FEED award to Aibel
• Golden Pass LNG update
• Sinopec award of 1 mmtpa tender to Qatar, brings Asian oil linked contract slopes to a new low
• Northeast Asia’s backlash against coal escalates (again), providing upside for LNG
• Regulator provides clarity on Gorgon propane kettle inspection and remedial work schedules
• Tokyo Gas acquires North Louisiana gas assets
• Weld issues found at Gorgon LNG
• CNOOC purchases two carbon-neutral LNG cargoes from Shell
• Vietnam to start importing LNG by 2021
• Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy makes move into LNG
• Mozambique LNG completes US$14.4 billion financing
• KBR’s retreat from LNG directly impacts five North America projects
• Myanmar’s first LNG-to-power plant begins operations marking the start of the country as an LNG consumer; PPA signed
• Gazprom hopes to defend market share with Greece contract first
• NOVATEK orders two floating LNG storage units in South Korea
• The great US LNG pushback arrives
• Gulf is Thailand's first non-state-owned player to receive an LNG shipper licence
• What's in store for China's gas storage?
• Croatia LNG terminal receives boost with short-term capacity reservations
• Yamal LNG goes over the top early
• Time is against IEASA on procuring LNG for upcoming winter in Argentina
• Shell announces its own FID on NLNG T7
• Argentina will increase its LNG imports this year
• Yakutia LNG project in Russia’s Far East seems far-fetched
• Could French regas become fully booked?
• JERA agrees to buy into Barossa, backfill field for Darwin LNG
• Utrenniy terminal to be expanded for Arctic LNG-1
• European gas storage: record inventory in place further weakens summer market
• Tortue FLNG start-up delayed by one year with BP declaring force majeure
• No project is immune: Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG sanction is postponed
• The fall-out continues: Nigeria LNG Train 7 delayed
• Shell leaves Lake Charles: It’s not you, it’s me
• Greece regas capacity booked, but coronavirus concerns cancel equity sale
• Coronavirus and oil price crash: read our latest insights
• Oil price crash eases burden for Chinese LNG offtakers facing weak demand
• Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG hits FID setback: ExxonMobil withdraws from US$2 billion US export credit agency loan
• Weak Lira hits Turkish gas demand, imports in 2019, but LNG up
• Russian NOVATEK announces 2019 results and future plans
• Qatar Petroleum secures EVEN MORE European LNG capacity
• UK’s South Hook terminal looks to expand capacity ahead of Golden Pass start up
• Spain regulator to create virtual LNG hub
• Qatargas and Shell gradually secures Kuwait’s LNG market
• Coronavirus to further depress global LNG markets
• Open and shut case for Bahrain LNG terminal
• Cheniere reaches 1000th cargo milestone in record time
• LNG imports hit record levels in most European markets in 2019
• McDermott reports progress on the second trains at Freeport and Cameron LNG
  • Two announcements by McDermott in December 2019 show progress at both Freeport and Cameron LNG.
• Kuwait’s KPC signs 3 mmtpa contract with QP
• Burst of LNG ship orders closes a record decade
• NLNG sanctions Train 7
• Golar wins a power purchase agreement for an LNG to power project in Brazil
  • Petrobras starts the process of leasing the LNG TRBA regas terminal
• Fully-booked capacity at Montoir demonstrates high demand for Europe regas
• PGNiG plans to expand small-scale LNG offering
• Equatorial Guinea awards Fortuna block to LUKOIL and signs strategic partnership with Vitol
• Qatar Petroleum ups LNG expansion plans to 48 mmtpa
• FERC authorization news
• Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 update
• Woodside increases Scarborough reserves by 52%, hits 11 tcf
• New gas consortium to supply Angola LNG
• Kosmos Energy and BP make major gas discovery offshore Mauritania
• Romania could take stake in new Greece LNG importing terminal
• RusGazDobycha chooses EPC contractor for Baltic сhemical complex
  • ConocoPhillips to sellnorthern Australia assets including Darwin LNG to Santos
• Uniper appetite for LNG builds as it signs HoA with Woodside
• Tellurian and Petronet sign MOU for potential 5 mmtpa equity investment in Driftwood LNG
• JGC-Fluor-TechnipFMC sign Rovuma LNG EPC in Mozambique
• New coal policy proposal could boost South Korea LNG demand
• Total concludes Mozambique LNG entry as US EXIM approves US$5bn loan to project
• Kosmos' Yakaar appraisal firms up resources for further LNG development
• Vitol and Mozambique NOC form LNG trading JV
• Russian Ministry of Finance to support Baltic LNG
• LNG agreements dominate Russia’s 5th Eastern Economic Forum
• Freeport LNG Train 1 ships first cargo while expansion project Train 4 raises $1 bn
• Panama regas project charters GasLog ship for 10 years as an FSU
• Russia's Arctic LNG-2 announces FID
• Arctic-2 will be first LNG project to use ships built in Russia
• PNG green lights Papua LNG, introduces new fiscal regime
• Qatar takes all of Belgium's regas capacity ahead of LNG expansion
• Shell makes a move into the Australia power market with potential implications for Queensland Curtis LNG
• Magic potion or Vitalstatistix fuel LNG shipping market?
• NOCs increase share in Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field in Mauritania/Senegal
• NOVATEK starts tender process for Obskiy LNG
• Osaka Gas becomes first Asian LNG toller to operate gas production in the US
• Indonesia’s Tangguh Expansion delayed by a year
• Rovuma LNG in Mozambique seeks revised EPC bids
• Indonesia approves Abadi LNG revised Plan of Development
• Summer season gets into full swing as Yamal exports 250 th cargo
• Taiwan LNG imports fall in first half of 2019
• Tellurian signs definitive agreements with Total for investment and offtake at Driftwood LNG
• First cargo of the season heads to Asia via the NSR as Yamal LNG produces above capacity in first half of 2019
• Mitsui and JOGMEC to get 10% in Russian Arctic LNG-2
• Pacific Oil & Gas announces first firm SPA with BP for LNG from Woodfibre
• Pavilion Energy takes over Iberdrola's LNG business
• Hong Kong offshore LNG terminal locks in supply and FSRU chartering
• First deal at Commonwealth LNG with Gunvor HOA, Venture Global increases PGNiG sales
• Panama Canal toll to go up for LNG vessels in 2020 (but not by as much as for some other vessel types)
• Anadarko and partners take FID on Mozambique LNG
• INPEX and Government of Indonesia agree next steps for Masela PSC
• Shell delivers first LNG cargo from Prelude
• PSC amendment opens the door for Aphrodite in Cyprus
• Cheniere announces FID on Sabine Pass Train 6
• Total increases its US LNG exposure with acquisition of Toshiba capacity at Freeport Train 3
• Bulgaria accesses cheaper gas through LNG imports
• Yudean imported first cargo via third-party access - China's terminals opening up
• NOVATEK plans new Obski LNG plant on Yamal peninsula
• NOVATEK selects TechnipFMC as EPC contractor on Arctic LNG-2
• Total steps into Mozambique LNG (Area 1)
• Mozambique's Rovuma LNG (Area 4) Development Plan approved
• JERA-CPC sign up for Mozambique LNG volumes and project sets FID date
• ExxonMobil signs a 20 year 1 mmtpa SPA with Zheijang Energy
• Chinese players buy 20% in NOVATEKs Arctic LNG-2
• Qatar Petroleum tenders for 100+ LNG ships
• Russian LNG plant inaugurated in Baltic
• Chevron's acquisition of Anadarko – What does it mean for Chevron's LNG position?
• Papua LNG JV signs gas agreement with the PNG Government
• Toshiba sale of its US business to ENN falls through
• Noble Energy sanctions Alen gas project to backfill Equatorial Guinea LNG
• Ocean LNG sign SPA with Golden Pass for entire 16 mmtpa output
• Baltic LNG dealt blow as Shell exits Gazprom project
• Review of LNG19 in Shanghai contracting activity – April 2019
  • New LNG contracts announced ..but US-China deals a notable absentee
  • Shell – Signs Brent-indexed SPA for 2 mmtpa from Next Decade's Rio Grande LNG
  • Total – Increases equity stake both in Tellurian and Driftwood and procures 1.5 mmpta offtake
  • Total - Signs 10-year SPA with Guanghui
  • Shell-Tokyo Gas - Fight coal with coal-linked contracts in Japanese power struggle
  • Woodside - Signs HOA with China’s ENN Group to underpin Scarborough development
  • NOVATEK - Signs two HOAs from portfolio, including from Arctic LNG-2
  • PNG LNG – Signs SPA with Unipec Singapore (subsidiary of Sinopec)
  • JERA contract LNG Canada volumes from Mitsubishi subsidiary
• NOVATEK commissions Vysotsk LNG (0.66 mmtpa)
• Mozambique LNG (Area 1) takes major step towards FID after signing SPAs with CNOOC, Tokyo Gas-Centrica and Shell
• NOVATEK sign deal with Siemens to provide compressor units for Arctic LNG-2
• ExxonMobil backs German LNG project with non-binding capacity booking
• Time is up for Ophir on Fortuna FLNG
• Mozambique Area 4 partners advance LNG marketing

Tables and charts

This report includes 47 images and tables including:

• Regas capacity holders at the Krk LNG terminal
• LNG bunker activity in Asia (open image in new tab for better view)
• Gas Agility fuels giant containership with LNG in Rotterdam

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