Global engineering, procurement, and construction company JGC Holdings Corporation has been awarded a preliminary contract for a floating liquefied natural gas project in Africa through its subsidiary JGC France.

The strongest earthquake since 1952 hit Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sending a 4m high tsunami towards Hawaii and triggering alarms across the Pacific on July 30.

Stocks of the US’s largest LNG producers rose in trading following the announcement of a framework trade agreement that will see the European Union buy $750 billion of US LNG, crude oil, and coal exports over the next three years.

National security officials world over are anxious to quickly shut down any such sales.