Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpower International (Karpowership) has begun operation on its first LNG-to-Power project offshore Indonesia. Karpowership said that the powership Zeynep Sultan began power generation using LNG on 20 September after the successful conversion of its first two dual-fuel engines. The LNG is converted from liquid to
UECC’s LNG-powered PCTCs to ship trams to Oslo
European short sea carrier UECC will use its dual-fuel LNG PCTC vessels to deliver new trams for the City of Oslo, Norway. The first tram was loaded on the UECC dual-fuel LNG PCTC Auto Eco in Pasajes, Spain on September 11 of this year, then transshipped onto the conventionally powered M/V Spica Leader
Ecuador’s approval of LNG imports pushes Sycar project forward
U.S. project development company Sycar, along with other private companies, has received authorisation from the Government of Ecuador to import industrial gas, gasoline, natural gas, diesel, jet fuel, avgas, absorbents, and other derivatives. Sycar said last week that the authorisation, received on 24 September 2020, for importing was for liquids
GALLERY: Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra large boxship gets its LNG bunker tank in landmark conversion
LNG bunker tank being into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir; Image courtesy: Hapag-Lloyd The world’s first conversion of a large container ship to LNG as fuel has hit a major milestone as an LNG bunker tank was lifted into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir boxship at the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co. The 6,500-cbm LNG
Excelerate’s FSRU Experience breaks send-out capacity record
Provider of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) Excelerate Energy has reached a record-breaking send-out capacity of 1.06 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas on its FSRU Experience. Excelerate said that the 1.06 bcf send-out capacity was reached on September 16. According to the company, the capacity was an
Chevron in Australian domestic gas deal
Chevron’s Australian unit has signed another deal with aluminium producer Alcoa for the delivery of domestic natural gas from its LNG projects. Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery in Western Australia (Image: Alcoa) Starting in January 2024, Chevron said it would supply Alcoa with an additional 37 petajoules of equity domestic gas over
Australia LNG exports to drop by $17 billion for 2020-21
Australia’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources stated in its Resources and Energy Quarterly that the country’s LNG shipments dropped by 12 per cent year-on-year and noted the pressure on the country’s LNG export volumes in recent months. The wave of LNG investment in Australia saw over $200 billion
First Gen Corp gets permit for interim LNG terminal
Philippine First Gen Corporation said its unit, FGEN LNG, received a DoE permit to built an interim offshore LNG terminal in Batangas City. Illustration only. Courtesy of Höegh LNG The Department of Energy granted a permit for the construction, expansion, rehabilitation and modification (PCERM) of the facility in the First
Yamal LNG debt service guarantees removed
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek has reached another milestone on its Yamal LNG project. Courtesy of Novatek The company noted on Thursday, it has fulfilled all the conditions stipulated by the project’s external bank financing. With the fulfillment, the debt guarantees of Yamal LNG were formally removed from
Harvey Gulf banks on electric power
Harvey Gulf International Marine, the New Orleans-based LNG-powered PSV owner, and LNG bunkering pioneer, has continued the transformation of its fleet. Courtesy of Harvey Gulf The company has committed to install 10 additional battery systems on its vessels. Harvey will install four systems on its remaining LNG PSV’s without battery