The Dutch government has awarded €3.6 million ($4.2 million) to the PosHYdon project, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform. An impression of the electrolyzer unit on the deck of the Neptune Q13a-A platform; Courtesy of PosHYdon The PosHYdon pilot wants to integrate the offshore wind,
U.S. infrastructure investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has put up for sale its 26 per cent stake in the limited partnership behind Freeport LNG. Illustration; Freeport LNG; Courtesy of McDermott Freeport LNG is the second-largest export facility for LNG in the U.S. Previously an import terminal, it began to
French energy major TotalEnergies and energy transition company Technip Energies have teamed up to decarbonise LNG plants and offshore facilities for the energy transition push. Illustration only; Courtesy of TotalEnergies The companies signed a technical cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the energy transition. Under the agreement, they will explore
The Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG and Western LNG have proposed a 12-million-tonne-per-year LNG project called Ksi Lisims LNG, with the goal of creating the largest net-zero LNG export facility. Courtesy of Ksi Lisims LNG Ksi Lisims LNG (meaning ‘from the Nass River’ in the Nisga’a language) is a proposed 12-million-tonne-per-year
LNG shipping company Golar has agreed with its partners Perenco and Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) to increase utilisation of the FLNG Hilli Episeyo located offshore Kribi, Cameroon. Courtesy of Golar LNG Starting with 2022, the capacity utilisation of FLNG Hilli Episeyo will increase by 200,000 tonnes of LNG. This
Japan’s JFE Steel has signed long-term charter deals with NYK Line, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for three 210,000-tonnes LNG-fueled bulk carriers. Courtesy of JFE Steel The carriers will transport iron ore and coal from overseas locations to JFE Steel’s steelworks in Japan. The company says it will
Engineering company Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) has received an order from the South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design fuel tanks for five very large liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container vessels. As disclosed, the order has been placed on behalf of the Asian ship-owner Seaspan Corporation and Israeli charterer
Swiss shipping major MSC Group and German dry bulk shipping company Oldendorff Carriers have become the newest members of the Methanol Institute (MI). MI is a community dedicated to knowledge sharing and experience building in the use of methanol as a safe, future-proof fuel. “MI is delighted to welcome Oldendorff
French gas and technology company Air Liquide has announced that it will become the main partner of the Energy Observer, “the world’s first hydrogen vessel”, for the next four years. As disclosed, the two partners have been working since the launch of the laboratory ship in April 2017, and before