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Wärtsilä wins two more regasification module contracts for LNG vessels
South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has placed two important contracts with Wärtsilä for seawater/propane based regasification modules. The systems are to be installed on FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) vessels owned by Höegh LNG, the Norway based leading owner and operator of floating energy solutions, and by Russian energy company Gazprom. The contracts were signed in July. There is also an option for a further contract from HHI for another Höegh vessel that is valid until December of this year.

Sakhalin Energy offloaded the 1000th LNG cargo
Sakhalin Energy offloaded the 1000th cargo of LNG, produced since the start of the first Russian LNG plant «Sakhalin-2», company’s press-service reported.

National Energy Board Issues Import and Export Licences to Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd.
Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. (Pieridae) is pleased to announce that it has been issued long-term licenses by the National Energy Board of Canada to import natural gas from the USA and to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada.

Steelhead LNG And Malahat First Nation Sign Mutual Benefits Agreement And Lease For LNG Project
Steelhead LNG Corp. (Steelhead LNG) and the Malahat First Nation (Malahat Nation) are pleased to announce the successful completion of a Mutual Benefits Agreement (MBA) and Long-Term Lease supporting the proposed development of Malahat LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to be situated on the shoreline of Malahat Nation-owned land, formerly known as Bamberton, approximately 8 kilometres south of Mill Bay on Vancouver Island.

First Shipment of LNG from Donggi-Senoro Project in Indonesia
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that today, the first LNG cargo from Donggi Senoro LNG Project has been shipped to Arun LNG receiving terminal operated by the Indonesian state-owned oil and gas enterprise, Pertamina. MC is a major shareholder (45%) of the PT Donggi-Senoro LNG (DSLNG), the operating joint venture company of this project.

Wood Group awarded FEED contract from Woodside
Wood Group has secured a new contract to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Woodside operated proposed Browse Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Development, offshore Western Australia.

Technip awarded offshore brownfield and subsea tie-backs for PETRONAS FLNG1
Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract by PETRONAS Carigali for the tie-in of PETRONAS first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (PFLNG1) facility to KAKG-A platform in Kanowit field, located 200 kilometers offshore Bintulu, East Malaysia, at a water depth of approximately 80 meters.

Excelerate’s FSRUs Perform the First STS Transfer of LNG at Engro Elengy LNG Terminal Pakistan
On July 17, 2015, Excelerate Energy L.P. (“Excelerate”) completed the first Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer of LNG at the Engro Elengy LNG Terminal located in Port Qasim, Pakistan. Excelerate’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), EXQUISITE, received 130,000 cubic meters of LNG from the FSRU EXCELERATE using the double-banked LNG transfer system. This transfer also marks the company’s 500th commercial STS operation using the double-banked cryogenic transfer system technology developed by Excelerate.

Bear Head LNG Receives U.S. Department of Energy Approval of Exports to FTA Countries
– On Friday, July 17th, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) granted Bear Head LNG Corporation and Bear Head LNG (USA), LLC (together Bear Head LNG) authorization to export up to 440 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of U.S. natural gas to Canada, and up to eight million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to free trade agreement (FTA) countries.  

Magnolia LNG Receives Draft Environmental Impact Statement
The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Magnolia LNG project on Friday, 17 July 2015.  The DEIS is a critical milestone for the Magnolia LNG project, incorporating comments from FERC and other cooperating federal agencies.  In completing the work necessary to issue the DEIS, the FERC analysed publicly available data and data provided by both Magnolia LNG and Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC (KMLP) associated with the construction and operation of the Magnolia LNG project and natural gas pipeline infrastructure required to deliver natural gas to the operating liquefaction terminal.