Houston-based energy and LNG engineer KBR said Wednesday it has secured a carbon capture contract from Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation. Under the master service agreement and feasibility study, KBR will assess options for carbon capture and sequestration, alongside blue hydrogen production relating to JX Nippon’s oil
Stena LNG and Northern Marine unit Tritec Marine have joined forces to develop a conceptual liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel. Image courtesy of Northern Marine Both Stena LNG and Northern Marine are units of the Swedish shipping company Stena Bulk. The concept named SAFE Bunker is an LNG bunker/feeder vessel
Corvus Energy has won a contract from BMA Technology in Turkey to supply its lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system for a new Nordlaks fish carrier. Image courtesy of Corvus Energy This is the second live-fish carrier in a series of two being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for Norwegian
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard. Image courtesy of Toyota Tsusho Corporation Kawasaki will deliver the vessel at the end of September this year. Namely, it is the first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel to be operated in Japan. The vessel
Japan’s liquefied natural gas trading giant Jera has started using a brand new LNG carrier as part of a long-term charter deal with GasLog. Image courtesy of GasLog To remind, Greece-based LNG shipper GasLog revealed last week it would take delivery of GasLog Wales from South Korea’s Samsung Heavy. The
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has recently managed and completed the delivery of regasification modules for China’s first newbuild LNG FSRU. Image courtesy of Logistic Plus The vessel, the Transgas Power, was built at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai for Greek operator Dynagas. Delivery of the three large-scale modules was
The future growth of India’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports will depend on the construction of the connecting pipeline infrastructure. Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Petronet LNG) India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011. India has been gradually increasing LNG imports as
The development of the world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel Yara Birkeland has been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the changed global outlook, Norwegian company Yara informed. The hull of the Yara Birkeland vessel was launched to sea at Vard Braila in Romania in February 2020 and
US company NextDecade said it still plans to decide on its proposed Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas this year following reports that the decision could be affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Reuters reported on Monday citing a NextDecade spokeswoman that the company did not provide an update
Cash-strapped LNG Limited is selling its proposed Magnolia liquefied natural gas export project to UK-based privately held company Global Energy Megatrend. The $2.25 million-worth transaction, scheduled to close on Friday, includes the Louisiana LNG export project and its 16 employees. The deal also includes LNG Limited’s optimized single mixed refrigerant
Harvey Gulf International Marine, the New Orleans-based LNG-powered PSV owner and LNG bunkering pioneer, secured contract extensions for a pair of its vessels. Image courtesy of Harvey Gulf Harvey noted it has signed two 18-month contract extensions for two of its LNG-powered PSV’s. The extensions will keep both vessels under
The Nordic energy company Gasum has made the first delivery of liquefied natural gas to Equinor under the supply deal signed in January. Image courtesy of Gasum Under the agreement, Gasum will be supplying LNG to Equinor-chartered crude shuttle tankers. The first operation has been completed at Skagen where the