zoomImage courtesy of SAAM Towage SAAM Towage, a part of the Chilean towage, port and logistics services provider SAAM, has been contracted to provide services for the Energía del Pacífico (EDP) project at the Port of Acajutla in El Salvador. The long-term agreement with EDP calls for allocating three tugs,
Novatek grabs third LNG project resource acreage
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Novatek) Russian natural gas producer and LNG major Novatek said that its Arctic LNG 1 unit has secured the rights to explore the Bukharinskiy license. Novatek said in its statement the unit won the auction for geological survey, exploration and production license for the
Polish LNG terminal receives 78th cargo
Image courtesy of Polskie LNG Polish liquefied natural gas import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has received a new cargo on Thursday. Polish LNG terminal operator, Polskie LNG, said via social media that the 78th cargo delivery came to the facility onboard the liquefied natural gas carrier
Bac Lieu LNG-to-power project gets Vietnamese government backing
zoomMagnolia LNG project rendering (Image courtesy of LNG Limited) Vietnamese government included the entire 3,200 MW Bac lieu LNG-to-power project into the National Power Development plan for 2011-2020. In its letter, the government office of Vietnam addressed both the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Bac Lieu Province People’s
Yamal LNG transshipment tank at Zeebrugge springs into action
Image courtesy of Fluxys Belgium – P. Henderyckx Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, started using a dedicated LNG transshipment tank at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium. Novatek booked the tank’s capacity as part of a 20-year transshipment agreement between Yamal LNG’s unit Yamal Trade and Fluxys LNG.
Matson takes delivery of first LNG-ready containership
Image courtesy of NASSCO Ocean logistics services provider, Matson, has taken delivery of its first Kanaloa-class LNG-ready containership Lurline from General Dynamics NASSCO. The vessel is the largest combination container/roll-on, roll-off ship ever built in the United States, Matson said in its statement. Lurline is the first of two Kanaloa-class
China’s monthly LNG imports rebound in November
For illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Guangdong Dapeng LNG) Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into China have rebounded in the month of November following the first blip in three years reported in October. Data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs shows that a total of 5.39 million
Year-end cargo scheduled for UK’s South Hook LNG
Australia to edge Qatar as top LNG exporter in 2019
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Woodside) Australia is expected to marginally edge past Qatar as the world’s largest LNG exporter in 2019, shipping an estimated 78 million tonnes of LNG compared with an estimated 75 million tonnes from Qatar. The title is not certain, however, with a lack of
Shell makes new gas find off Australia, eyes Prelude FLNG tie-back
Image courtesy of Shell Shell Australia has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the Browse Basin off the North West Coast of Western Australia. Drilling of the Bratwurst -1 exploration well, within title AC/P64, 100 percent owned and operated by Shell, was concluded earlier this month after a