Australian energy giant Santos has taken a final investment decision (FID) to proceed with Barossa, the $3.6 billion gas and condensate project, located offshore Australia. Santos is the operator of the Barossa gas field, which is located 300 kilometres offshore Darwin in Australia. The company said on Tuesday that the
Hyundai Heavy setting up hydrogen supply chain by 2030
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group plans to go into all areas of hydrogen value chain, from production to transport, storage and use of hydrogen fuel. Courtesy of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard During an online conference, HHI revealed its hydrogen roadmap 2030, based on its plans of establishing a hydrogen
Japan’s ports waive fees for LNG, hydrogen-powered ships
Kaguya; Image courtesy: Kawasaki Heavy Industries The Tokyo Port is waiving port entry fees for LNG-powered and hydrogen-powered vessels as a way of encouraging greater uptake of these fuels in the maritime sector. The waiver is set to enter into force on April 1 running for the remaining five years,
Cheniere commissions Train 3 at Corpus Christi LNG
U.S. LNG export project developer Cheniere Energy has commissioned the third liquefaction train at its Corpus Christi LNG plant in Texas. Courtesy of Cheniere The company said on Monday the project reached substantial completion of Train 3 on March 26. With the commissioning complete the EPC partner Bechtel turned over
Cameron LNG receives safety award
Sempra Energy has hit a milestone at its Cameron LNG facility reaching 89 million hours worked without a lost-time incident. Courtesy of Sempra Energy The milestone has been achieved during the construction phase and the subsequent transition to operations. The milestone has been recognized by the America’s National Safety Council
NFE inks LNG supply deal for Mexican power plants
New Fortress Energy has signed a gas supply deal with CFEnergia SA de CV, a unit of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Courtesy of New Fortress Energy Under the agreement, NFE will provide the equivalent of an estimated 250,000-500,000 gallons of LNG (20,000-40,000 MMBtu) per day to CFE’s CTG La
Shell proposes to link directors’ pay to climate performance
Energy major Shell has proposed linking its directors’ pay more closely to the group’s climate performance and severing the link between bonuses and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production volumes. According to an article by Reuters, the weighting of Shell’s energy transition performance on its targeted path to net-zero emissions by
GAC and Spark partner on higher LNG price transparency
Marine services provider GAC has agreed to provide data to Spark Commodities platform to boost the LNG market price transparency. Courtesy of GAC The former will contribute LNG-shipping related information and data, the company said in its statement on Monday. Spark’s technology-based solutions help to promote liquidity in the LNG
Can European fleets be made greener?
Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener. This was one of the conclusions of the digital workshop “Greening of Inland Navigation, Short Sea Shipping and River-Sea Shipping“ hosted last week by the project platform BSR
Norwegian firms to build zero-emission self-unloading bulker
Norwegian shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi has won a contract to develop, build and operate a zero-emission self-unloading bulker, set to be powered by hydrogen and wind. The contract award from cargo owners HeidelbergCement Norway and Felleskjøpet AGRI is being revealed after an intense tender process with 31 ship owners competing