German LNG fueling network developer LIQUIND completed its first bunkering operation of a seagoing vessel in the port of Brunsbüttel. Courtesy of LIQUIND Marine LIQUIND Marine, on behalf of the Nordic energy company Gasum, supplied four trucks to DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger Scheldt River. A total of 72 tons
Clean Energy Fuels Australia signs Mt. Magnet LNG site lease
Perth-based Clean Energy Fuels Australia (CEFA) has secured a long-term site lease for an LNG plant near the town of Mount Magnet. Illustration only (Courtesy of CEFA) The project is currently under assessment by the WA Planning Commission (WAPC) as a ‘significant development’ in the new State Government planning pathway
KR establishes LNG bunkering simulation center
The Korean Register (KR) has established a new LNG fuel and bunkering simulation center (KR LSC). Courtesy of KR The new facility is located at KR’s headquarters in Busan and officially opened on September 15. Additionally, following the opening ceremony, a memorandum of understanding was signed between KR and Transgas
EPS takes delivery of first CMA CGM-chartered LNG containership
South Korea’s Hyundai Samho has delivered the first of six LNG-powered neo-Panamax containerships being built for Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping. Image: Eastern Pacific Shipping The ship named Tenere goes on charter to CMA CGM such as the other 15,000 TEU vessels scheduled for delivery from Hyundai Samho by 2022. Futhermore,
Croatia’s first FSRU delivered
China’s Huarun Dadong yard has completed the conversion works on Croatia’s first FSRU that will soon depart to its base on the island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea. Image: Huarun Dadong Dockyard The vessel named LNG Croatia brings the European country one step closer to joining the growing
SCF takes delivery of Shell-chartered LNG newbuild
Russian shipping major Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has taken delivery of a newly built LNG carrier from the South Korean Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries shipyard. SCF Barents (Courtesy of SCF Group) The vessel named SCF Barents is capable of transporting 174,000 cubic meters of LNG. Following the delivery on September 14,
Celsius to take delivery of Gunvor-chartered LNG carrier
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy will deliver next month the first of four LNG tankers the yard is building for Denmark’s Celsius Shipping. Keel-laying for the fourth vessel (Image: Celsius Shipping) The Copenhagen-based firm chartered the 180,000-cbm Celsius Copenhagen to Clearlake Shipping, a unit of Swiss-based energy trader Gunvor. The charter
Glenfarne requests more time to build Magnolia LNG
Units of Glenfarne Group and Kinder Morgan have filed a request with the regulator seeking an extension for the Magnolia LNG project development. Courtesy of LNG Limited In its filing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Magnolia LNG and Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline jointly requested an additional five year to
ACCC: low oil and LNG prices hike medium, long-term supply risk
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 saw the collapse of oil and gas prices to record low levels. Illustration. Courtesy of Santos In its Gas Market Inquiry 2017-2025 report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) noted that the full effect of the pandemic is still unclear.
UK: OGA seismic data for potential carbon and hydrogen storage sites
Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) will disclose ‘vital’ historic seismic data that could help explorers and developers spot potential carbon and hydrogen storage sites in the North Sea. Following consultation in 2019, the OGA has decided to make seismic data available, under an exploration licence and which are more
Hafnia sets sights on methanol-fueled ships to support US plant investment
Product tanker major Hafnia Limited is planning to build methanol dual-fueled ships to transport methanol from a U.S.-based production plant at the Port of Kalama, Washington, USA. As disclosed at the end of August, Hafnia, together with a joint venture partner, invested $10 million in Northwest Innovation Works methanol production