Media reports say that Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has given final investment approval to build a liquified natural gas receiving terminal and storage facility at the Soma Port in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture to receive Canadian LNG, probably from Prince Rupert. The company will also build a 40 kilometre connecting pipeline to move the natural gas to […]
American scientists studying the aftermath of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku, Japan earthquake and the resulting devastating tsunami say that a similar tsunami could be generated by an earthquake in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake created a tsunami that was a high as 10-metres. The events killed about 18,000 people. […]
AluminumRio Tinto Alcan president primary metals, Jean Simon, announces the go-ahead for the Kitimat Modernization Project at ceremony at the plant in Kitimat, Dec. 1, 2011. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) "It's a go." The "go" meant that the Rio Tinto Alcan board had finally approved spending $2.7 billion for the long awaited Kitimat modernization […]
Energy A large Japanese consortium lead by Inpex Corporation has agreed to buy a 40 per cent stake in shale gas assets owned by Calgary-based Nexen, an energy exploration company. A Nexen news release calls the deal "a strategic partnership." The deal is worth $700 million and covers the development of shale gas deposits in […]
Environment Oceans The Russian sail training vessel STS Pallada. (Pallada)Ever since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of northeastern Japan, scientists have been using computer models to track the debris that was swept out to sea by the waves. Now a Russian sail training vessel has found the debris in mid-Pacific nearing […]
Energy Alberta Oil magazine says in A window of opportunity opens in Japan for Canadian LNG Nuclear outages in Japan continue to stoke demand for delivering Canadian gas to the Far East. Look for oil- and natural gas-fired generation to offset a precipitous drop in atomic capacity as maintenance work at plants, combined with public […]
Energy China is probably the largest long term customer for liquified natural gas that will be shipped through the port of Kitimat, executives from Encana, one of the three partners in the KM LNG project said in an investor conference call Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. India could also be big customer for LNG shipped from […]
Energy Links Alberta OilThe clock is ticking on West Coast LNG shipments Nuclear outages in Japan stoke Canadian export plans The uptick in LNG consumption is potentially good news for a suite of liquefaction plants taking shape on the northwest coast of British Columbia. Japan is one of several potential sales targets for the Apache […]
Energy Links Japan wants to buy more liquified natural gas from the United States, according to reports in the business and energy media. Bloomberg reported Japan to Boost LNG Imports From U.S. as Nuclear Power Declines Japan, the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas, plans to seek more U.S. cargoes to ensure adequate power […]
Energy Japan utilities' LNG usage hits record high in August Japan's 10 utilities consumed a record 4.81 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas in August, up 15.4 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed on Tuesday, as they burned more gas to offset a fall in nuclear power generation.