zoomImage courtesy of AIDA Cruises Germany-based AIDA Cruises, a Carnival Corporation brand, saw its floating LNG engine room for its AIDAcosma newbuild hit the water for a trip to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg. The 140-meter-long, 42-meter-wide module for AIDA Cruises’ second cruise ship to be operated with LNG
Polskie LNG inks deal for Polish terminal expansion
Image courtesy of Gaz-System Polskie LNG, the operator of the Polish LNG terminal and Gaz-System company, has signed a contract for the expansion of the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście with a consortium of PORR and TGE. The deal is for the installation of the additional submerged combustion vaporizers
Australia: Gladstone LNG exports edge up in January
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Santos) LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone reached 1.98 million tons of LNG during the first month of 2020. The volume was spread across 30 cargoes, data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation shows. Compared to the previous
Baker Hughes’ turbomachinery to boost Oman LNG production
Image courtesy of Oman LNG Baker Hughes, a GE company, has been contracted to provide the turbomachinery for Oman LNG’s debottlenecking project. The project is set to increase Oman LNG facility’s production capacity by 10 percent, up to 11.4 million tons of LNG per annum, Baker Hughes said in its
FERC rejects calls for Texas, Annova LNG orders rehearing
Image courtesy of Texas LNG The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls for rehearing of its Texas LNG and Annova LNG authorizations requested by Sierra Club. FERC authorized Texas LNG Brownsville to site, construct and operate facilities for the liquefaction and export of domestically-produced natural gas at a
Top news of the week February 17-22
Image courtesy of Shell Shell halts cargo loadings at Prelude FLNG The Hague-based LNG giant Shell has reportedly suspended cargo loadings from its Prelude FLNG facility located 475 km North-East of Broome in Western Australia. Petronas’ second FLNG unit heads out to Rotan gas field Petronas’ second floating LNG unit,
GTT acquires Icelandic smart ship specialist Marorka
zoomImage courtesy of GTT French LNG containment specialist GTT has acquired 100 percent of the share capital of the Icelandic smart shipping specialist Marorka. The company designs maritime energy monitoring and optimization systems for vessels, allowing them to reduce their environmental footprint, with the company’s systems have been installed on
Total awards Mozambique LNG services deal to Worley
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Anadarko) Oil and gas contractor Worley has been selected by the French major Total for services at the Mozambique LNG project. The company has bagged two master service agreements by Total to provide in-and-out of country services, including engineering, consulting and specialist engineering for
South Hook LNG cargo traffic picks up
zoomImage courtesy of MHPA Liquefied natural gas terminals on the United Kingdom’s Milford Haven waterway are set to receive a total of nine cargoes over the coming seven days. Shipping data from the Milford Haven Port Authority shows that the first cargo onboard the Nakilat-owned 216,312-cbm Q-Flex carrier Mesaimeer is
MOL, DSME join forces on utilizing FSRU’s LNG cold energy
Image courtesy of MOL Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have agreed to jointly develop a new technology to reduce the environmental impact of FSRUs. This new technology named “Cryo-Powered Regas” will enable the utilization of the LNG cold energy for power generation by adopting