Japan rushes to establish LNG bunkering hub as environmental rules push global fleet to natural gas
A U.N.-led call for action to tighten sulfur oxide emissions may also be a trigger accelerating a shift to natural gas as fuel for the global shipping fleet, and Japan is wasting no time trying to establish a refueling hub in Asia. Some 80,000 vessels ...
India investing $60 billion on gas grid to link up nation by 2024
India, one of the world's largest consumers of oil and coal, is investing $60 billion to build a national gas grid and import terminals by 2024 in a bid to cut its carbon emissions, the oil minister said on Sunday. India has struggled to boost ...
Japan pledges ¥1 trillion to spur LNG demand and growth
The government has pledged an additional $10 billion (¥1.1 trillion) in public and private financing to liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects worldwide, in order to help spur demand for the cleaner fossil fuel, trade minister Isshu Sugawara said on Thursday. The investments will be dedicated ...
Is Japan's 'clean coal' initiative lagging behind the rest of the world?
Even as coal continues to draw renewed criticism, why is Japan continuing its push for what it calls “clean coal” energy?
Major trader Mitsui & Co. officially announced Saturday that it and government-linked Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC) will jointly invest in a planned Russian-led liquefied natural gas project in the Arctic Ocean along the Russian coast. Tokyo has voiced its expectation for ...
Mitsui & Co. to invest up to around $2.5 billion in LNG project in Mozambique
Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday it has made a final decision to invest in a liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique. The project entails the extraction of natural gas from a large-scale gas field off the coast of the southern African country. The gas will ...
Inpex inks $20 billion deal on Abadi LNG project, the largest investment ever in Indonesia
Japan's Inpex Corp. reached a new deal with Indonesia on the $20 billion Abadi liquefied natural gas project, a key step toward reviving work on the long-stalled venture that's expected to be the biggest-ever investment in the Southeast Asian nation. A heads of agreement between ...
Papua New Guinea leader Peter O'Neill resigns, throwing international gas deal into doubt
Papua New Guinea's veteran prime minister formally resigned on Wednesday, easing a political crisis but calling a multibillion-dollar French and U.S.-backed gas deal into doubt. Facing a vote of no confidence he looked sure to lose, Peter O'Neill told parliament that he had tendered his ...
Indonesia and Inpex reach deal on Masela gas block's development
The Indonesian government has reached a deal with Japan's biggest oil and gas developer, Inpex Corp., on the framework for a $20 billion development plan for an onshore liquefied natural gas facility. An agreement is expected to be signed on the sidelines of the ...
Forecast of a cooler summer in Asia may add to expected LNG glut
Don't count on a summer heat wave to rescue Asia's liquefied natural gas prices. Weather forecasts signal lackluster demand in the largest importing region, raising prospects a global glut will deepen. Temperatures across North Asia this summer will be cooler than a year ago, according ...
LNG production begins in U.S. project financed by Mitsui, Mitsubishi and others
Production of liquefied natural gas began Tuesday at U.S. facilities under a project financed by investment from major Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. Visiting the facilities in the southern state of Louisiana the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump stressed his ...
