Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority has recommended Waitsia gas project stage 2 for environmental approval. Indicative image of proposed Waitsia Gas Plant (Courtesy of Mitsui E&P Australia) The approval of the project that would deliver backfill volumes to the Woodside-led North West Shelf LNG project, is subject to strict conditions
Development of an indigenous green hydrogen industry could generate £ 320 billion for the UK economy and sustain up to 120,000 jobs by 2050, a new report finds. The Offshore Wind and Hydrogen: Solving the Integration Challenge Report was released by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) and the Offshore
France’s GTT continues to win new orders and has secured a contract from two Korean shipyards for the tank design of six LNG carriers. For illustration only (Image: GTT) The LNG containment specialist said Hyundai Heavy and Hyundai Samho are building the vessels on behalf of European and Asian shipowners.
Eagle LNG’s Talleyrand bunker station in Jacksonville has completed the first liquefied natural gas bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel. Courtesy of GAC Eagle LNG became the first U.S. company to deliver LNG bunker fuel to a foreign-flagged vessel, Fure Ven, a dual-fuel vessel owned and operated by Furetank of Donsö,
Following its successful conversion, ferry Tõll has become the first hybrid passenger vessel in Estonia. Image Courtesy: Port of Tallinn/Raul Mee During the reconstruction works, which cost almost EUR 1.6 million, TS Laevad, a subsidiary company of the Port of Tallinn, installed batteries on board Tõll. The ship’s batteries allow from
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek has signed long-term charter deals for 14 Arc7 ice-class tankers for its Arctic LNG 2 project. Courtesy of Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex The company noted in its statement on Monday it has signed deals with Smart LNG, a joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot.
LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone dipped when compared to the corresponding month in 2019. Courtesy of Santos Gladstone Ports Corporation’s shipping data shows that the three liquefaction plants exported a total of 25 cargoes in August. In terms of volume, the 25
China’s Huarun Dadong yard has started retrofitting Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra-large containership Sajir to use LNG as fuel, in a move claimed to be the world’s first such conversion. Sajir (Image: Hapag-Lloyd) The 15,000 TEU vessel arrived at the Shanghai yard on August 31 for the retrofit works including the installation of
Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has cut steel for the first LNG-powered MR type product tanker from a series of three vessels ordered by the compatriot shipping major Sovcomflot in 2019. The steel cutting ceremony marks the beginning of the hull assembly of the ship. The LNG-powered MRs will be used to
