Malaysian energy giant Petronas confirmed an incident occurred at its Sarawak LNG complex with one fatality and one injury. Courtesy of Petronas The company said in its statement that the incident occurred at approximately 2 pm on August 31, 2020. The incident occurred at the Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU)
The global LNG regasification capacity under construction could hit 144 million tonnes per annum in 2020, a 10-year high. Courtesy of Qatargas According to the consultancy Wood Mackenzie, the capacity under construction includes 33 new terminals, adding 92.8 mtpa, and a further 51.0 mtpa of capacity which is set to
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua on Monday, August 31, delivered the third Yamal LNG carrier to the Cosco Shipping and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines joint venture. Courtesy of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding The vessel, named LNG Phecda earlier last month is capable of transporting up to 174,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel. The vessel
State-owned gas utility GAIL India is reportedly looking to offload three of its US-sourced LNG cargoes. Cove Point LNG (Courtesy of Dominion Energy) Citing industry sources, Reuters reports that GAIL has floated a tender for at least three cargoes. The volumes will be loaded over a May to July, 2021
The Hague-based giant Shell has expanded its LNG fueling network in Germany with a new station in Kirchheim unter Teck. Courtesy of Shell The new facility, Shell’s fifth in Germany was opened on Monday, August 31. It is the first LNG-fueling station in Baden-Württemberg. Shell also noted it is located
Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved the participation of NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, ClassNK, and ENEOS Corporation in a demonstration project for the commercialization of high-power fuel cell (FC) vessels. The project, which will begin this month, is
LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven (LTeW) has invited market participants to express binding interest in terminal capacities. Illustration only (Courtesy of LTeW) This call follows the non-binding phase of the open season process, which started in May 2019 and already found interest among market players. After further development steps, the project has
Image courtesy: DNV GL Korea’s Daehan Shipbuilding has entered into a joint development project with classification society DNV GL to develop small-size LPG carriers. The JDP process will commence from early September 2020 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of December 2020. Due to tightened emission regulations