Asia
India’s BPCL to buy 1Mtpa from Mozambique LNG
India’s state-run oil company, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), will off-take 1 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Mozambique LNG project, Kallanish Energy learns. BPCL’s ...
Myanmar enters LNG importing arena
Myanmar has become the newest country to start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the fuel is adopted as the fastest solution to recent power shortage and increased power demand. The ...
India investing over $60B in gas supply, infrastructure
India is investing over $60 billion in natural gas supply and distribution infrastructure as it seeks to more than double the share of natural gas in its ...
Tree clearing begins at possible Ohio ethane cracker site
Tree clearing is under way at the site of a proposed ethane cracker plant in eastern Ohio, even though a final investment decision is still pending by ...
Phoenix-CNOOC JV to build Philippines’ first LNG terminal
The Philippines’ energy ministry has approved the bid from local fuel retailer Phoenix Petroleum and China’s CNOOC to build the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. ...
Scrapping 79 Japanese nuclear facilities to cost roughly $17.1B
The state-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Jaea) said last week it would have to spend roughly 1.9 trillion yen ($17.1 billion) to close 79 facilities over 70 ...
U.S. renews pressure against Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: official
The Trump administration is preventing the Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline to be completed, Iran’s parliament speaker, Ari Larijani, said this week following a meeting with Pakistani officials ...
Bangladesh inks deal with CHDHK to build coal-fired plant
The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint-venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd. to build a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant in ...
China revises commissioning dates of EPRs
The two nuclear reactors under construction at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong Province will not come online until the second half of 2017 and the first half of ...
Approval given to four new Chinese reactors
China’s State Council on Wednesday approved the construction of two more nuclear units at each of the Tianwan and Fangchenggang nuclear power plant sites, World Nuclear News reported. The council ...