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UGL Kentz JV awarded a US$640m contract for the Ichthys LNG Project
Kentz Corporation Limited (LSE: KENZ), the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of a US$640m contract to the UGL Kentz JV for the structural, mechanical and piping (SMP) construction package for the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities in Darwin, Australia.

Shell Agrees Sale Of Downstream Businesses In Australia To Vitol
Shell today announced it has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses (excluding Aviation) to Vitol for a total transaction value of approximately A$2.9 billion (US$2.6 billion).

Ichthys LNG Project Celebrates FPSO Keel Laying
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project has celebrated a key milestone for its Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility.

The first block of the keel was placed during a ceremony in the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, where the FPSO is being constructed.

Axens’ Mercury Removal Products Selected for Macedon
Axens is an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services, with a global reputation for basic engineering design excellence. The main scope of Axens’ business is focused on the conversion of oil, coal, natural gas and biomass to clean fuels as well as the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates.

Bumi Armada Bids Bon Voyage To FPSO Armada Claire, Sets Sail For Australia
Malaysia-based international oil and gas offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad, today launched its Floating Production, Supply and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Armada Claire. The Armada Claire is owned and operated by Bumi Armada. The vessel will operate in block WA-49-L of the Balnaves Field, north-west Australia which is owned and operated by Apache Energy Ltd (Apache).

Woodside Signs Sales Agreement With Chubu Electric
Woodside advises that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. (Chubu Electric) for the supply of up to approximately 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over a three year period commencing in April 2014.

LNG delivered to Chubu Electric under the SPA will primarily be sourced from previously uncommitted volumes from Woodside-operated Pluto LNG.

Other terms of the agreement are commercial-in-confidence.

Woodside CEO, Peter Coleman said the agreement added to the company’s long-term relationships with major Japanese energy buyers.

“The agreement demonstrates the importance of Pluto LNG volumes in meeting growing regional demand for natural gas and also Woodside’s increasingly diverse LNG purchasing, sales and shipping arrangements,” Mr Coleman said.

Browse Marketing Update
In connection with Woodside’s sale of equity in the http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/browse-lng-terminal Browse LNG Development] to Japan Australia LNG (MIMI Browse) Pty Ltd (MIMI) and advised to the ASX on 1 May 2012:

Fugro Awarded Gorgon Survey Services by Subsea 7
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 Australia Contracting Pty Ltd to provide survey services to support its Heavy Lift and Tie-Ins contract on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The contract involves the provision of a DP2 survey vessel, complete with deepwater work class ROVs.

Key 2013 milestone achieved at Queensland Curtis LNG project
BG Group today announced it had successfully reached a key milestone in development of the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project, with first gas transported from the Surat Basin coal seam gas fields onto Curtis Island where the liquefaction terminal is located.

Jacobs Awarded Contract from QGC
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it has been awarded a contract from QGC, part of BG Group plc (LSE: BG.L), a world leader in natural gas. QGC is one of the major proponents in the rapidly developing coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in Australia.