Image courtesy of Wärtsilä Finnish technology group Wärtsilä handed over two gas-fired power plants to the British energy and services company Centrica. Wärtsilä was selected to deliver engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solutions for both sites, located at Brigg and Peterborough in the UK. The two 50 MW plants will
Sonatrach, Total expand natural gas cooperation in Algeria
zoomImage courtesy of Total Algeria’s Sonatrach and France’s Total have signed two agreements continuing its partnership agreed last year. The deals include a new concession contract to jointly develop the Erg Issouane gas field located on the TFT Sud permit, signed by Sonatrach, Total and Alnaft, the National Agency for the
WFW advises Höegh LNG on Avenir investment
Hapag-Lloyd to trial LNG-conversion vessel in 2019
zoomImage courtesy of Hapag-Lloyd Hamburg-headquartered shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is set to trial an LNG-conversion vessel during 2019, as it looks to keep the costs down amidst new IMO regulation. With a stricter International Maritime Organisation emissions regulation (IMO 2020) coming into force as of January 1, 2020, the new sulphur cap for compliant
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas gets new Yamal LNG cargo
Image courtesy of Bahía de Bizkaia Gas Spain’s Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) received a new cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Novatek-led Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic at its regasification plant in the port of Bilbao. The cargo was delivered onboard the Arctic LNG carrier Christophe de
Lithuania’s LNG regas volumes dip in September
zoomImage courtesy of Klaipedos Nafta Liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda dropped during the month of September. The facility regasified and reloaded 1.1 TWh of natural gas during the month of September, dropping 43.7 percent compared to the corresponding
BW LPG withdraws Dorian $1.1 billion offer
For illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of BW LPG) Oslo-based BW LPG, the world’s largest liquid petroleum gas shipping company, has dropped its pursuit to buy New York-listed competitor Dorian LPG in a $1.1 billion all-share deal. BW LPG said in a statement on Monday that the decision was made
Keppel to build additional LNG-carriers for Stolt-Nielsen Gas
zoomImage courtesy of Keppel O&M Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit Keppel Singmarine has signed two additional contracts with Stolt-Nielsen Gas to build two additional small-scale LNG carriers worth a total of around S$105 million ($75.9 million). The contracts were signed following the exercise by Stolt-Nielsen Gas of its options for
Gazprom, Linde talk gas cooperation
zoomImage courtesy of Gazprom Russian giant Gazprom held talks with the technology company Linde focusing on the potential of expanding the cooperation. Talks were centered around the Amur gas processing plant (GPP) construction project for which Linde supplied the equipment for cryogenic recovery of substances from gas. Gazprom noted in its statement
Top news of the week October 1-6
Image courtesy of LNG Canada Shell approves LNG Canada investment The Hague-based LNG giant Shell has taken a final investment decision on LNG Canada, a major liquefied natural gas export project in Kitimat, British Columbia. Russian LNG player Novatek ties up with Germany’s Siemens Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer