
Global trade in LNG grows
An average of 49 billion ft3/d of LNG was traded globally during 2021, an increase of 2.2 billion ft3/d (4.5%) from 2020, according to ‘The LNG Industry GIIGNL Annual Report 2022’.
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An average of 49 billion ft3/d of LNG was traded globally during 2021, an increase of 2.2 billion ft3/d (4.5%) from 2020, according to ‘The LNG Industry GIIGNL Annual Report 2022’.

NextChem has been awarded a contract by Storengy to carry out an Advanced Basic Engineering Study for a waste wood and solid recovered fuel conversion plant to produce biomethane.

Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has been awarded four frame contracts with Energinet TSO, Denmark’s national transmission system operator for electricity and gas, for ‘green deal’ work on the Danish transmission gas grid in relation to PtX (Power to X).

Neste, MAN and Altens have signed a partnership contract aimed at promoting biofuels in France.

Woodside Energy has announced a US$9.9 million equity investment in String Bio Private Ltd, the developer of a process that can recycle greenhouse gases into value-added products.

Tüpras will license Honeywell UOP’s technology to produce biofuels at its refinery in Izmir, Türkiye.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. has announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in cooperation with its sister company Nextchem S.p.A., has been awarded a lump sum turn-key EPC contract for a low-carbon ammonia synloop facility to be built in the GCC region.

Axens has announced that Plastic Energy’s TAC process has now been fully integrated into the company’s technology portfolio.

The official signing occurred on 5 July, during the Saudi Aramco Namaat Industrial Investment Program event, held in the Al-Ghawar Hall at Aramco’s main office in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. and the United Company for Industry (UCI) have announced the signing of an agreement with Aramco to construct and operate a ‘Metals Reclamation Complex’.

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract for a world-first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at a waste to energy plant located in Oslo, Norway.

The IEA reports that global natural gas consumption is expected to contract slightly in 2022 and grow slowly over the following three years as Russia’s war in Ukraine pushes up prices and fuels fears of further supply disruptions.