Chubu Electric Power Co. is still negotiating to buy liquefied natural gas from a Mitsubishi-led consortium that plans to build a plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island to export gas from the Senoro and Matindok gas fields.

China’s Ningxia Hanas Natural Gas Co. will employ Air Products’ LNG process technology and equipment for a midsize LNG project in Yinchuan, China, according to an agreement with overall project manager Technip announced Oct. 15.

Into a world already oversupplied with LNG capacity, yet another production project has come online.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC does not expect to start production from its proposed floating LNG (FLNG) project in the Browse basin off Western Australia until at least 2016, according to the company’s draft environmental impact statement.

Toyo Engineering Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. said they will join forces to make a full-fledged entry into the global market for LNG plants, according to media reports.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC confirmed that its Australian arm will develop Prelude and Concerto gas fields in the Browse basin off Western Australia using floating LNG (FLNG) technology.

Operator BP PLC said that its Tangguh LNG project, which lies in the Bintuni Bay area, is operating normally despite a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit West Papua, Indonesia, on Oct 4.

Chevron Australia has awarded another contract for its Gorgon-Jansz LNG project off Western Australia, this one valued at $550 million to CB&I for the construction of product storage tanks on Barrow Island.