Image courtesy of DSME South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) on Thursday said it has secured a new LNG carrier order. The company has also secured a renovation and repair deal for three KDX-I class destroyers bringing the total order value to $230 million. The liquefied natural
Exmar’s FLNG leaves China heading for Argentinian job
Image courtesy of Exmar Belgium’s Exmar, the Nicolas Saverys-led shipowner, said its Caribbean FLNG, to be renamed Tango FLNG, departed China and set course for Argentina. Under the agreement, Exmar signed with Argentina’s YPF, the FLNG will be redeployed as Tango FLNG at the Argentinian Port of Bahia Blanca for a 10-year
Woodside picks Bechtel for Pluto LNG train 2 FEED
zoomImage courtesy of Woodside Australian LNG player Woodside has awarded a contract to Bechtel to undertake front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Pluto train 2 project located north-west of Karratha, Western Australia. The FEED work includes activities required to finalize the costs and technical definition for the proposed second LNG
GasLog orders new LNG pair at SHI as Cheniere exercises charter option
Image courtesy of GasLog Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog has ordered an LNG carrier pair at the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard to serve newly agreed charter deals with Cheniere. The shipper said in Wednesday the charters are for a seven-year period, adding that Cheniere exercised its option agreed in August.
PitPoint.LNG to open its first LNG station in Belgium
zoomImage courtesy of PitPoint.LNG Dutch PitPoint.LNG said it plans to open its first LNG fueling station in the industrial area LAR Menen (Rekkem) in Belgium. Following four LNG stations in the Netherlands, PitPoint.LNG aims to open the Belgium station in April 2019. The fueling station, to be located at the existing
Inpex ships Ichthys LNG condensate from onshore plant
zoomImage courtesy of Inpex Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project has started shipping condensate (ultra-light crude oil) produced at the onshore gas liquefaction plant in Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. Plant condensate is produced as part of the onshore plant-based process of liquefying the natural gas lifted from the Ichthys field and transported to
Shell’s Prelude FLNG kicks off production
Image courtesy of Shell Shell’s giant Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility located offshore Western Australia has started production on Tuesday, December 25. The Hague-based LNG giant said the facility located 475 kilometers north-northeast of Broome now enters start-up, ramp-up, which is the initial phase of production where gas and condensate is produced
Baleària’s LNG ferry bunkers chilled fuel at port of Venice
zoomImage courtesy of Baleària Spanish shipping company Baleària completed a liquefied natural gas bunkering operation at the port of Venice for its first LNG ferry Hypatia de Alejandría. The company said in a brief statement through its social media channels, that the first sea trials have already been completed and
Keppel scores ice-class LNG bunkering vessel build
zoomImage courtesy of of Keppel Keppel Offshore & Marine, through its unit, Keppel Singmarine, clinched contracts worth a combined value of about S$300 million ($218.9 million) that include the design and construction of an ice-class LNG bunker vessel. The deal was signed with Shturman Koshelev for the design and construction
MHB wins Pluto water handling module build for Woodside
Pluto LNG platform (Image courtesy of Woodside) Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MHB) has been awarded a contract to build the Pluto water handling module from TechnipFMC for Woodside. Upon completion, the module will be installed on Woodside Energy existing Pluto Alpha gas production platform, located offshore Western Australia. The