Image courtesy of GasLog Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog has ordered an LNG carrier pair at the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard to serve newly agreed charter deals with Cheniere. The shipper said in Wednesday the charters are for a seven-year period, adding that Cheniere exercised its option agreed in August.
PitPoint.LNG to open its first LNG station in Belgium
zoomImage courtesy of PitPoint.LNG Dutch PitPoint.LNG said it plans to open its first LNG fueling station in the industrial area LAR Menen (Rekkem) in Belgium. Following four LNG stations in the Netherlands, PitPoint.LNG aims to open the Belgium station in April 2019. The fueling station, to be located at the existing
Inpex ships Ichthys LNG condensate from onshore plant
zoomImage courtesy of Inpex Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project has started shipping condensate (ultra-light crude oil) produced at the onshore gas liquefaction plant in Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. Plant condensate is produced as part of the onshore plant-based process of liquefying the natural gas lifted from the Ichthys field and transported to
Shell’s Prelude FLNG kicks off production
Image courtesy of Shell Shell’s giant Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility located offshore Western Australia has started production on Tuesday, December 25. The Hague-based LNG giant said the facility located 475 kilometers north-northeast of Broome now enters start-up, ramp-up, which is the initial phase of production where gas and condensate is produced
Baleària’s LNG ferry bunkers chilled fuel at port of Venice
zoomImage courtesy of Baleària Spanish shipping company Baleària completed a liquefied natural gas bunkering operation at the port of Venice for its first LNG ferry Hypatia de Alejandría. The company said in a brief statement through its social media channels, that the first sea trials have already been completed and
Keppel scores ice-class LNG bunkering vessel build
zoomImage courtesy of of Keppel Keppel Offshore & Marine, through its unit, Keppel Singmarine, clinched contracts worth a combined value of about S$300 million ($218.9 million) that include the design and construction of an ice-class LNG bunker vessel. The deal was signed with Shturman Koshelev for the design and construction
MHB wins Pluto water handling module build for Woodside
Pluto LNG platform (Image courtesy of Woodside) Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MHB) has been awarded a contract to build the Pluto water handling module from TechnipFMC for Woodside. Upon completion, the module will be installed on Woodside Energy existing Pluto Alpha gas production platform, located offshore Western Australia. The
Zeebrugge set for Yamal LNG transshipment
Zeebrugge set for Yamal LNG reload operation Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal is set to accommodate two LNG carriers on Tuesday for a potential transshipment operation. According to the shipping data, the 173,400-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Patris is set to deliver a Yamal LNG cargo on December 25. Meanwhile
Pioneering Spirit starts Nord Stream 2 pipelay work
zoomImage courtesy of Nord Stream 2 Pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has started pipelay works in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as part of the Nord Stream 2’s construction. The vessel will continue installation of the natural gas pipeline following pipelay vessel Solitaire, which started construction in Finland in September. Solitaire has moved to
Black & Veatch tagged to provide Tortue FLNG liquefaction tech
zoomImage courtesy of BP Overland Park-headquartered EPCC specialist Black & Veatch has been given a limited notice to proceed with work on the FLNG conversion for the BP-led Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project off Mauritania and Senegal. In its statement, the company said it will start work on jointly outfitting a