Spanish shipping company Balearia is to add another liquefied natural gas-powered vessel to its fleet as conversion works on its Sicilia ferry progress. Image courtesy of Balearia Portuguese West Sea shipyard started retrofitting the Sicillia ferry to adapt it to run on LNG earlier this year. According to a statement
Coral Sul FLNG gets first topside module
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industry has lifted the first topside module onboard the Coral Sul floating liquefied natural gas unit that will be used for a project offshore Mozambique. Image courtesy of Coral FLNG With the lifting of the power generation module, the FLNG project led by Italy’s Eni
Eastern Pacific Shipping charters dual-fuelled LPG trio to Equinor
Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping has ordered three dual-fuelled LPG carriers that will go on a long-term charter to Norwegian energy giant Eqiunor. For illustration purposes only (Image: Eastern Pacific Shipping) South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard will deliver the three mid-sized gas carriers in 2022, according to a statement by EPS
Gasum pens LNG bunkering deal with Samskip
The Nordic energy company Gasum has signed an LNG bunkering deal with the Rotterdam-based shipping company Samskip. Courtesy of Gasum Under the agreement, Samskip’s two fully LNG-powered vessels Samskip Kvitbjorn and Samskip Kvitnos will bunker at Gasum’s Risavika LNG terminal in Norway. Samskip Kvitbjorn and Samskip Kvitnos perform liner shipping
Preem kicks off Sweden’s largest CCS project
Sweden’s largest test facility for carbon dioxide capture has begun operation at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil. Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions is providing its mobile test facility for the project. The project will analyze the whole value chain from capture to storage of carbon dioxide off the Norwegian west coast.
Danish heavyweights pitch offshore wind-to-sustainable fuels project
Denmark’s Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS, and Ørsted have formed a partnership to develop a hydrogen and e-fuel production facility powered by offshore wind. The project will require a large-scale supply of renewable electricity, which could potentially come from offshore wind power produced at Rønne
PGNiG takes more regas capacity at Polish LNG terminal
Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG has secured additional regasification capacity at the country’s sole liquefied natural gas terminal in the port of Swinoujscie. GasLog Warsaw delivering a US cargo to the Swinoujscie terminal (Image: PGNiG) The company said in a statement it booked 8.3 billion cubic meters of regasification capacity
Mitsui, LTW ink Wilhelmshaven FSRU deal
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and LTW (LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven) have signed a build and charter deal for the Wilhelmshaven FSRU. Courtesy of LTW The vessel will serve the LNG import terminal to be built in Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea. The project is being developed by LTW, a Uniper company.
TC Energy secures LNG Canada feeder pipeline funds
TC Energy Corporation sold 65 per cent equity interest in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project. Courtesy of TC Energy Additionally, the Coastal GasLink Pipeline partnership executed a credit agreement with a syndicate of banks extending non-recourse project-level financing to fund the majority of the construction costs for the project. Together,
Australia’s Senex reduces GLNG supply due to lower demand
Australian energy company Senex will reduce natural gas supply to the Santos-operated GLNG project on Curtis Island near Gladstone and divert it to the domestic market. GLNG plant (Image courtesy of Santos) Senex said Tuesday it would cut gas supply by around 1 petajoules over the period from June to