U.S. offshore engineering and construction services player McDermott has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project after completing FEED services for a booster compression module for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG development in Australia. Ichthys LNG offshore central processing facility; Source: McDermott McDermott won the FEED contract for the booster
South African LNG infrastructure provider DNG Energy has received South Africa’s first-ever consignment of LNG from Rotterdam, marking a milestone for South Africa‘s energy market. Illustration only; Courtesy of Transnet National Ports Authority This is a precursor to the commissioning of DNG’s first floating storage unit delivery in the first
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has held a naming ceremony for FSRU Transgas Force, the second FSRU it built for Greek shipping company Dynagas. Courtesy of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding The shipyard held a naming ceremony on 18 November 2021. FSRU Transgas Power was the first out of the two Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a
Singapore-based Pavilion Energy, state-owned QatarEnergy, and U.S. oil major Chevron have jointly published a reporting methodology to produce a statement of GHG emissions for delivered LNG cargoes. Courtesy of QatarEnergy A team of representatives from all three companies developed the statement of greenhouse gas emissions (SGE) methodology. Also, the global
The International Group of LNG Importers (GIIGNL) has launched a framework for a consistent approach and transparent reporting on GHG emissions neutral LNG cargoes. Illustration; Courtesy of GIIGNL GIIGNL says this is a comprehensive framework for a consistent industry approach to declaring greenhouse gas neutral LNG cargoes. This came because
Australian renewable energy company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has scored planning approval to build hydrogen equipment manufacturing facilities in Queensland. Illustration only; Gladstone LNG hub; Courtesy of Bechtel Queensland’s goverment representatives said the approval would allow FFI to progress plans for constructing the facility in the Gladstone State Development Area
Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of OXAGON, the world’s largest floating industrial complex and the world’s first fully integrated port and supply chain ecosystem. Photo: NEOM OXAGON is located in NEOM, a planned $500 billion futuristic megacity in northwestern Saudi Arabia. With 13 per cent of world trade passing
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Ta Tong Marine have launched the first-ever Taiwan-flagged service operations vessel (SOV), chartered by Ørsted for its Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. The vessel, informally named TSS Pioneer, is being built by Vard at its Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, from where it will be
Houston-based Pilot LNG, the developer of the Galveston LNG Bunker Port project, has awarded the front-end engineering & design (FEED) contract to W. F. Baird & Associates (Baird). Courtesy of Pilot LNG The contract is for the project’s marine infrastructure engineering. It further solidifies the growing partnership between the two