zoomImage courtesy of Wintershall Dea Independent natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall Dea has secured interests in nine new exploration licenses in Norway, including three as an operator. In the Awards for Predefined Areas (APA) 2019 licensing round, WintershallDEA received participating interest in one license in the Barents Sea,
zoomImage courtesy of Wärtsilä The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW. The contract with Rio Amazonas Energia (RAESA) is for the Cristiano Rocha power
Image courtesy of Turcas Petrol The Hague-based LNG giant Shell in cooperation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey. The facility opened in Sapanca on the Istanbul-Ankara highway that facilitates the highest volumes of international transport traffic. In a brief statement through its social
zoomImage courtesy of Eni Italian energy conglomerate Eni and its Area 4 partners launched the hull of the Coral Sul floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) treatment and liquefaction facility at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The FLNG is part of the Coral South project that will
zoomImage courtesy of Equinor Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea. The company’s report on transporting more gas from Barents Sea South shows that expanding today’s capacity can lay the basis for
Image courtesy of Gazprom Russia’s first liquefaction plant, Sakhalin 2, operated by Sakhalin Energy, has reportedly floated a tender seeking to sell two cargoes of the chilled fuel. Citing sources, Reuters reports that the two cargoes are loading in February. The slots on offer are February 26 and February 28,
Image courtesy of Trelleborg Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has, through its Industrial Solutions business area, acquired engineering group Signum Technology and its units Gall Thomson, Klaw LNG, Klaw Products, and Vee Bee Filtration. The acquisition of Signum, which provides safety-critical solutions for flow control applications, including Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBCs)
zoomImage courtesy of enmin.lrv.lt By making targeted investments into the Lithuanian gas infrastructure and its interconnection with neighboring countries, the gas transmission to the Baltic States increased 2.6-fold last year if compared to 2018, and reached almost 6 TWh of gas. According to the Lithuanian gas transmission system operator Amber
zoomImage courtesy of Sinanju Tankers Holdings Sinanju Tankers Holdings said it has taken delivery of Marine Vicky, Singapore’s first LNG-fueled bunkering vessel from the Keppel Nantong shipyard in China. In a brief statement through its social media channels, Sinanju Tankers Holdings said the vessel will join the company’s fleet and
Image courtesy of Höegh LNG Norway-based floating LNG giant Höegh LNG said it has secured $80 million to refinance an existing bond loan maturing in June 2020. The company said it has received commitment letters for a revolving credit facility with security in the company’s common units in Höegh LNG
Image courtesy of HAM Group Spanish LNG services provider HAM Group has acquired the Basque company FNX Liquid Natural Gas, company focused on the design, manufacturing and installation of small-scale natural gas liquefaction facilities. Its expertise includes LNG facilities and equipment for processing/ treatment of natural gas from wells and
zoomImage courtesy of Eagle LNG Partners Eagle LNG Partners said it has selected Matrix Service, a unit of Matrix Service Company, for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of an LNG export facility, to be built in Jacksonville, Florida. Eagle LNG’s Jacksonville LNG export facility, which will require an investment