Image courtesy of Qatargas The world’s largest liquefied natural gas producer Qatargas has delivered the first Q-Flex cargo of the chilled fuel to the Summit LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) located offshore Bangladesh. The cargo, aboard Qatargas-chartered 210,000-cbm Al Safliya, was loaded at Ras Laffan Port on December
zoomImage courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy Trump administration’s proposal to start liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation by rail is facing opposition from 16 U.S. states, due to associated risks. In a filing to the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), attorneys general from 16 states including,
Image courtesy of Flex LNG Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen and an emerging player in the LNG shipping business, has extended the time-charter agreement for Flex Enterprise. With this extension, the firm period under the time charter is the end of first quarter of 2021, the
zoomImage courtesy of Wintershall Dea Independent natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall Dea has secured interests in nine new exploration licenses in Norway, including three as an operator. In the Awards for Predefined Areas (APA) 2019 licensing round, WintershallDEA received participating interest in one license in the Barents Sea,
zoomImage courtesy of Wärtsilä The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW. The contract with Rio Amazonas Energia (RAESA) is for the Cristiano Rocha power
Image courtesy of Turcas Petrol The Hague-based LNG giant Shell in cooperation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey. The facility opened in Sapanca on the Istanbul-Ankara highway that facilitates the highest volumes of international transport traffic. In a brief statement through its social
zoomImage courtesy of Eni Italian energy conglomerate Eni and its Area 4 partners launched the hull of the Coral Sul floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) treatment and liquefaction facility at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The FLNG is part of the Coral South project that will
zoomImage courtesy of Equinor Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea. The company’s report on transporting more gas from Barents Sea South shows that expanding today’s capacity can lay the basis for
Image courtesy of Gazprom Russia’s first liquefaction plant, Sakhalin 2, operated by Sakhalin Energy, has reportedly floated a tender seeking to sell two cargoes of the chilled fuel. Citing sources, Reuters reports that the two cargoes are loading in February. The slots on offer are February 26 and February 28,