Image courtesy of Sempra Energy Natural gas deliveries to U.S. facilities producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export set a monthly record in July 2019, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA said on Monday that the deliveries were averaging 6.0 billion cubic feet per day — seven percent
MV Glen Sannox; Image courtesy of Ferguson Marine The Scottish Government has taken the Ferguson Marine shipyard, which collapsed due to soaring costs of a contract with a state-owned ferry company, into public control. The Government said last week that the takeover of the Ferguson Marine shipyard would enable completion
Image courtesy of KNPC Kuwait has reportedly issued tenders for the construction of facilities to store liquefied natural gas (LNG) and convert it to gas at its Al-Ahmadi oil refinery. Citing the Arabic language daily newspaper Alseyassah, Reuters reported on Sunday that the state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) issued
South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received orders from an undisclosed buyer to build ten Aframax LNG-fuelled crude oil tankers. Image courtesy of Gerhardt Himmelmann; Used under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license SHI said on Monday that the contract for the vessels was valued at KRW 751.3
Image courtesy of Jumbo Heavy lift specialist Jumbo Offshore and biofuel supplier GoodFuels have entered into a joint initiative to test marine biofuel oil on an offshore decommissioning project. Jumbo said that the partnership would pave the way for a fossil fuel to renewables energy transition in the offshore support
Image courtesy of Santos NextDecade delays Rio Grande LNG FID US LNG export project developer NextDecade Corporation has pushed its expected final investment decision on its Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, to the fourth quarter of the year. BP makes its FOB LNG deal template public BP has
Image courtesy of Novatek Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator said its Yamal LNG project hit a new milestone. The company said on Friday that the facility shipped 20 million tons of liquefied natural gas since the project started up. The new Arc7 ice-class tanker Vladimir Voronin
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Eni) Shenzhen Gas, a Chinese city-gas distribution company is set to launch its first fully-owned terminal in southern China. Speaking to Reuters, Qiu Lihua, general manager of Sino-Benny, a Shenzhen Gas company, said this will make the company the second state-backed outfit to own
zoomJames Sagar (left) Asia Pacific marine transportation manager of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific and Ju Kai Meng, managing director of Sinanju Tankers; Image courtesy of Sinanju U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has signed a two-year time charter agreement with Singapore-based Sinanju Tankers for Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered bunker tanker.
Illustration purposes only (Image courtesy of GasLog) Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power is reportedly looking to purchase a single cargo of liquefied natural gas. Citing industry sources, Reuters reports that Tohoku Electric is seeking an LNG cargo for delivery in September. The tender has reportedly been launched on Thursday and
Image courtesy of Posco South Korean steel-making company POSCO has been given government approval to use its cryogenic high manganese steel (HMS) for manufacturing land-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks. POSCO completed the development of world’s first cryogenic HMS in 2013 after six years of research and is now
