(BOE Report)– U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Japan will form a joint venture to develop a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska though a Japanese government official said he was not aware of such plans. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was referring specifically to the proposed $44 billion Alaska LNG project. That project would consist
(World Oil) – Chevron has closed on a deal to sell a 70% interest in its East Texas shale gas assets to an affiliate of TG Natural Resources LLC (TGNR), a company indirectly owned by Tokyo Gas and Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI), for $525 million, with $75 million paid in cash and $450 million as a capital carry to fund
(World Oil) – Tokyo Gas Co. will offload its stake in a Texas shale project, amid scrutiny from activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management, which has called for the utility to streamline its portfolio. The company will sell all the interests held by its subsidiary in the Eagle Ford shale gas project to Shizuoka Gas Co. for $130 million, the two firms
World Oil (Bloomberg) — Tokyo Gas Co. said its subsidiary Tokyo Gas America Ltd. will purchase Haynesville shale operator Rockcliff Energy II LLC for about $2.7 billion in a move to expand its U.S. shale gas operations. Tokyo Gas America will acquire all the shares of Rockcliff, a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, through its ownership interest in
World Oil (Bloomberg) — A Tokyo Gas Co. unit is in advanced talks to buy U.S. natural gas producer Rockcliff Energy in a deal worth about $4.6 billion, including debt, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Houston-based TG Natural Resources, which is majority-owned by Tokyo Gas, is discussing purchasing Rockcliff from private equity firm Quantum Energy
Reuters TOKYO – Tokyo Gas Co Ltd will spend 69 billion yen ($657 million) to take control of a U.S. shale gas operator, Castleton Resources, and to buy a U.S. solar power development project in a bid to expand its overseas operations, it said on Wednesday. The move reflects a long-term strategy mapped out by Japan’s biggest city gas supplier
From Reuters Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Thursday it has launched one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects, injecting CO2 into a deep reservoir under an island off Western Australia at its Gorgon LNG project. The carbon storage project was delayed by more than two years after Chevron discovered problems with valves and pipeline equipment during commissioning
Looking to diversify procurement conditions with non-U.S. suppliers TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Tokyo Gas Co. is not considering raising U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase volumes as it seeks to diversify procurement portfolio, its President Takashi Uchida told reporters on Thursday. The company has started receiving long-term U.S. LNG from Dominion Energy Inc’s Cove Point export plant in Maryland earlier
From Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest city gas seller Tokyo Gas Co expects that contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes with destination flexibility will spread from the West and Japan to be a common thing worldwide, the company’s new president said. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission last June ruled that destination restrictions that prevent the reselling of contracted LNG
A consultant with Japan’s largest gas company said they are interested in building a $3.5 billion pipeline to obtain Russia’s natural gas at half the cost of its LNG Tokyo Gas, Japan’s largest gas company, would like to build a gas pipeline from Sakhalin, Russia, to central Japan, Shigeru Muraki, a consultant for the company, said at the third annual
