Hamworthy of the UK said it delivered an onboard vaporiser system to be installed on the 145,000 cubic metres capacity LNG shuttle regasification vessel (SRV) “Suez Neptune”.

National Grid said its Isle of Grain LNG import terminal was unloading the UK’s largest LNG cargo to date from the Qatari Q-Flex carrier, the 216,00 cubic metres capacity  “Al Khuwair”.

Enbridge Inc., the Calgary-based Canadian energy company, said the Rabaska LNG import terminal planned for Quebec was on track to receive LNG from Russia as expected, with Gazprom confirming its status as an equity partner in the venture.

BG Group, the global LNG operator, said it had acquired 90 percent of the shares of Queensland Gas Co. as of November 17 under an unconditional takeover bid for the Australian company, which now underpins the UK group’s coal-seam gas-to-LNG plans.

Massive investment in energy infrastructure, including LNG, will be needed from now until 2030, and non-conventional natural gas resources will outstrip conventional natural gas, the International Energy Agency said in its annual global outlook.

The US Elba Island LNG import terminal, located near Savannah, Georgia, and where BG Group of the UK is the main capacity holder, has closed for about a month to allow more progress on expansion work.

Woodside Petroleum said its new Train 5 at the North West Shelf Venture at Karratha, Western Australia, has experienced heat exchanger problems since it went on line more than two months ago and has yet to reach full production.

BG Group of the UK is delivering two LNG cargoes to Lake Charles import terminal in Louisiana, on the US Gulf coast, this week as prices in Europe and Asia drop from their recent highs amid a general fall in energy prices led by crude oil.

StatoilHydro, the second-largest natural gas supplier to Europe and operator of the sole European baseload LNG plant, has signed a more than $3.35Bln deal with Chesapeake Energy Corp. the largest US natural gas producer, to explore unconventional gas opportunities worldwide.