Australian exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have held up despite the effects COVID-19 spread had on economic activity. Image courtesy of Woodside According to a report by energy consultancy EnergyQuest, Australian LNG projects shipped a total of 6.9 million tones in April. The volumes were delivered onboard 101 cargoes.
The London-based Baltic Exchange has launched a tool to provide quarterly assessments on the cost of operating liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas tankers. Image courtesy of the Baltic Exchange The Baltic Exchange said in a statement that data will be provided by independent third-party ship management companies. These
A joint venture led by Italy’s Saipem has secured a $4 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for Nigeria LNG’s seventh production unit at its Bonny Island plant. Image courtesy of Nigeria LNG Saipem has a 60 per cent stake in the venture that includes South Korea’s Daewoo E&C and
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received orders to provide equipment to four offshore wind service vessels for Edda Wind, Østensjø Group’s offshore wind business unit. Two of the equipment packages were awarded by the Spanish Astilleros Gondán, who is building the zero-emission prepared commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The first CSOV will
Houston-based energy and LNG engineer KBR said Wednesday it has secured a carbon capture contract from Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation. Under the master service agreement and feasibility study, KBR will assess options for carbon capture and sequestration, alongside blue hydrogen production relating to JX Nippon’s oil
Stena LNG and Northern Marine unit Tritec Marine have joined forces to develop a conceptual liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel. Image courtesy of Northern Marine Both Stena LNG and Northern Marine are units of the Swedish shipping company Stena Bulk. The concept named SAFE Bunker is an LNG bunker/feeder vessel
Corvus Energy has won a contract from BMA Technology in Turkey to supply its lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system for a new Nordlaks fish carrier. Image courtesy of Corvus Energy This is the second live-fish carrier in a series of two being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for Norwegian
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard. Image courtesy of Toyota Tsusho Corporation Kawasaki will deliver the vessel at the end of September this year. Namely, it is the first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel to be operated in Japan. The vessel
Japan’s liquefied natural gas trading giant Jera has started using a brand new LNG carrier as part of a long-term charter deal with GasLog. Image courtesy of GasLog To remind, Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog revealed last week it would take delivery of GasLog Wales from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy. The