zoomElba Island LNG (Image courtesy of Kinder Morgan) US energy company Kinder Morgan has been given the green light to proceed with the introduction of fuel gas to commission the HF-LF flare pilot system at the Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project near Savannah, Georgia. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of GasLog) LNG demand growth over the last year has spurred an uptick in activity throughout the LNG markets resulting in higher rates, a rising number of newbuild orders and record volumes of chilled fuel on the water. In their quest to meet the rising
Image courtesy of BBG Hamburg-based Nauticor, a unit of Linde, in cooperation with the Spanish utility company, Naturgy, bunkered liquefied natural gas to the Furetank’s Fure Vinga in the Port of Cartagena. Fure Vinga, the second LNG-fueled vessel in the company’s fleet, received 120 tons of the chilled fuel from six tanker
Image courtesy of Novatek Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator, Novatek reached 10 million tons of LNG produced at the Yamal LNG facility since December 2017. The operator said the milestone cargo number 136 was offloaded onto the Arc7 ice-class tanker Vladimir Vize. Yamal LNG is constructing a
zoomImage courtesy of Eesti Gaas Estonian energy company Eesti Gaas completed the 1,500th liquefied natural gas bunkering operation at the Tallinn old city harbor. Eesti Gaas is the LNG supplier for the Tallink Grupp’s fast ferry the Megastar. The company noted that in the two years of operation it has delivered
Image courtesy of Golden Pass LNG LNG giant Qatar Petroleum and US energy juggernaut ExxonMobil are reportedly pushing forward its plans for the development of the Golden Pass LNG export project in Sabine Pass, Texas. The two companies aim to expand the existing LNG import project in which ConocoPhillips also
Image courtesy of GTT/Roland Mouron French LNG containment systems specialist GTT has received an order to design tanks for two new liquefied natural gas carriers under construction at an Asian shipyard. The company noted the vessels will feature the NO96 GW has been selected for the design of the tanks. The shipyard,
Image courtesy of Arctia Arctia’s LNG-fueled icebreaker Polaris completed the first LNG bunkering operation at the Tornio LNG facility. The vessel bunkered LNG directly from the facility located in a port that is surrounded by ice at least four months a year, Arctia said in its brief statement on social
Image courtesy of ExxonMobil US energy giant ExxonMobil reported 2018 earnings of $20.8 billion compared with $19.7 billion a year earlier. Fourth quarter 2018 earnings were $6 billion compared with $8.4 billion in the prior-year quarter. The company’s revenue jumped from $244.3 billion in 2017 to $290.2 billion, ExxonMobil said in a statement. Oil-equivalent production
zoomImage courtesy of Gazprom Russian giant Gazprom saw its natural gas export to Europe rise 1.6 percent in January, compared to the corresponding month last year. According to the company’s preliminary data, Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe amounted to an estimated 17.6 billion cubic meters during the month. The company