Image courtesy of ClassNK Classification Society ClassNK granted approval in principle (AiP) to NS United Kaiun Kaisha and Imabari Shipbuilding for their joint project on the concept design of an LNG-fueled capesize bulker. The AiP has been awarded based on ClassNK’s Rule Part GF which adopts IGF Code, regulation for
Image courtesy of BP BP’s recent three-well drilling campaign offshore Mauritania and Senegal has further confirmed the world-class scale of the gas resource in the region. BP said on Monday that the three appraisal wells drilled this year, GTA-1, Yakaar-2, and Orca-1, targeted a total of nine hydrocarbon-bearing zones. The
Image courtesy of Polskie LNG The 6,000th LNG tank truck has left Polskie LNG’s President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście. According to Polskie LNG’s statement via social media, as much as 230 thousand cbm of liquefied natural gas has been loaded on trucks in the Polish facility. It is also
Image courtesy of Peru LNG Exports from the Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita edged down during the month of November. According to the data provided by the state-owned Perupetro, four vessels departed the facility, with volumes totaling 635,758 cubic meters of the chilled fuel. This represents
Image courtesy of gasum Nordic energy company Gasum has opened its first station in Kristianstad, part of its plan to build a network of 50 new gas filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) in the Nordics by early 2020s. Kristianstad’s gas filling station is Gasum’s eighth station in Sweden, the
Containerships Arctic; Image courtesy of Containerships Containerships, a unit of the CMA CGM Group, has taken delivery of its fourth LNG-powered container vessel Containerships Arctic. The company said that it took delivery of the vessel on December 10, 2019. This follows the introduction of its three sister ships – the
Image courtesy of Bechtel LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone reached 1.87 million tons of LNG in November. The volume was spread across 28 cargoes, data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation shows. Compared to the corresponding month in 2018, when the three facilities
Image source GAC GAC North America, a unit of the Dubai-headquartered GAC Group, has opened an office at the Lake Charles following the start of LNG exports from the port. GAC said that the office would provide ship agency, husbandry, and owners’ protective agency services. It will also support crude
Image courtesy of Gazprom Russian giant Gazprom saw its natural gas production edge up 0.6 percent between January 1 and December 15, 2019. The production reached an estimated 476.5 billion cubic meters of gas, 3 billion cubic meters above the volumes produced over the same period in 2018. The demand
zoomImage courtesy of GasLog Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog has secured $1.05 billion through a credit facility agreed with twelve international banks for its current newbuilding program. The newbuild facility covers the balance due to the shipyard on delivery and consequently, the final installments of the seven newbuildings are fully funded, GasLog
Image courtesy of Tepco Spot liquefied natural gas prices imported into Japan during the month of November edged up over the previous month. Data from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) shows the November arrival-based price was at $5.5 per mmBtu, edging up from $5.4 per mmBtu
Image courtesy of Golden Pass LNG The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order granting Golden Pass LNG an extension to complete the construction of the proposed liquefaction and LNG terminal in Jefferson County, Texas. FERC said last Friday that the extension was supposed to end on December