Australian Woodside expanded an LNG supply deal with German energy company Uniper. The agreement will double the amount of LNG it supplies. Courtesy of Woodside Initial supply commercing in 2021 is now up to 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG, from 0.5 million tonnes per annum agreed earlier. From
T The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will allocate $160 million to projects to improve fossil-based hydrogen production, transport, storage and utilization. Courtesy of DOE The US will authorize finances for advanced technologies for improvement of performance reliability and flexibility of methods to produce hydrogen. This
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the U.S. facilities have jumped in November 2020, according to the latest Department of Energy report. Courtesy of Cheniere The U.S. Department of Energy noted that a total of 87 cargoes of the chilled fuel departed the country’s export plants. This was 20 cargoes
Costa Toscana, an LNG powered, 185,000 GT cruise ship being built for Carnival’s Italian brand Costa Cruises, was floated out to the outfitting pier at Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard on 15 January 2021. During the float-out ceremony, Costa Toscana officially touched the sea for the first time, with the flooding of the
Russian Shipbuilding Complex Zvezda has cut steel for the third MR-type product carrier operating on LNG as marine fuel ordered by the compatriot shipping major Sovcomflot in 2019. Image by Rosneft The 1B-ice class tanker will have a deadweight of about 50,000 tonnes, length of over 180 meters, width of
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has taken delivery of the Shell-chartered LNG carrier, SCF Timmerman. Courtesy of Sovcomflot The vessel, capable of transporting up to 174,000 cubic meters of the chilled fuel has already left the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries yard in South Korea on its maiden voyage. Commenting on
Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG project in Louisiana is expected to start in the summer of 2020. Courtesy of Tellurian Speaking to Reuters, the co-founder of US LNG developer Tellurian Charif Souki said that the company aims to begin construction of its LNG project in Louisiana this summer. Driftwood LNG export project
Norwegian LNG transportation provider Awilco LNG has secured short-term employment for its LNG carrier WilPride. Courtesy of Awilco LNG The 2013-built 156,000 cbm TFDE WilPride has been committed on a two-three month time charter contract with expected gross revenues of between $10.3 million and $14.3 million. With forecasted all-in cash
South Korean imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) slipped in December 2020, when compared to the corresponding month a year prior. Courtesy of KOGAS Data from the South Korean Customs Service shows that LNG imports during December 2020 reached 4.27 million tons of the chilled fuel. This is a 10.5