Image courtesy of Boskalis Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American LNG export facility. The contract value amounts to approximately $55 million with additional options for extensions, worth up to $30 million, the Dutch company said on
zoomImage courtesy of Cuadrilla Lancashire-headquartered Cuadrilla completed the flow-test at the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas exploration well at the Preston New Road exploration site. The company said that the drilling, hydraulic fracturing and flow testing of the first horizontal well confirms that there is a rich reservoir of recoverable
Image courtesy of Total France’s Total has made a gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. The Brulpadda well encountered 57 meters of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs. The well
zoomImage courtesy of Calor UK provider of liquefied natural gas Calor has expanded its refueling network for natural gas-powered trucks by upgrading its Aust LNG facility near Bristol. Part of Moto’s Severn View Services, the Aust facility is a vital refuelling stop for LNG-fuelled vehicles using the M4 corridor to travel
Image courtesy of MOL Japanese shipping giant MOL recently posted a video of the world’s largest floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in operation in the Turkish port of Dörtyol, Hatay. The MOL FSRU Challenger started operating in Turkey as the country’s second FSRU terminal in February last year. The floating storage
Image courtesy of Exmar Belgium’s Exmar, the Nicolas Saverys-led shipowner, said its Caribbean FLNG, to be renamed Tango FLNG, has berthed in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The floating LNG unit will stay in Argentina and produce LNG for export for the Argentinian energy company YPF over a 10-year period. Exmar noted in
zoomSajir (Image courtesy of Hapag-Lloyd) German-based liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd will become the first company in the world to convert one of its large containerships to LNG power. Hapag-Lloyd said that it would retrofit its 15,000 TEU ship Sajir to operate using liquified natural gas. After the retrofit is completed,
zoomImage courtesy of Wood UK-based service provider Wood and US contractor KBR have jointly bagged the deal to deliver integrated front-end engineering design (FEED) for Shell Australia’s Crux project offshore Western Australia. The pair has been contracted to deliver FEED for the not normally manned (NNM) platform and gas export
zoomImage courtesy of Equinor Norwegian energy giant and LNG operator Equinor on Wednesday reported a spike in net income in 2018. The company said in its report on Wednesday the full-year 2018 net profit jumped 64 percent hitting $7.5 billion, compared to $4.6 billion in 2017. Net profit for the fourth