Image courtesy of Thun Tankers Sweden’s Thun Tankers on Saturday held a naming ceremony for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker in Groningen, Holland. The tanker named Thun Evolve and built at Dutch Ferus Smit shipyard will be long-term leased by Preem for deliveries to the company’s depots and customers
zoomImage courtesy of Qatar Petroleum LNG giant Qatar Petroleum entered into an agreement with Italy’s Eni to buy a 35 percent participating interest in three offshore oil fields in Mexico. The agreement cover the Amoca, Mizton, and Tecoalli offshore oil fields, which lie in Area 1 in Mexico’s Campeche Bay,
zoomImage courtesy of Eni Italy’s energy giant Eni has won approval for its Merakes development project in Indonesia. Eni said Monday it will start with the execution of the project following approval received by the Minister of Energy of Indonesia and the authorization for the investment plan sanctioned by the company’s
LNG vessel Pacific Breeze loading first Ichthys LNG cargo (Image courtesy of Inpex) ExxonMobil makes FID on Australian gas project US energy giant and LNG player ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to develop the West Barracouta gas field in Bass Strait to bring new gas supplies to the
Image courtesy of Saga LNG Saga LNG Shipping’s 45,000-cbm liquefied natural gas carrier named Saga Dawn started sea trials on Thursday in the East China Sea. The LNG carrier is being built at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu. This vessel is the first LNG carrier in the world using
Image courtesy of DSME South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said Friday it has won another order to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with a reliquefaction system. The shipbuilder did not reveal who is the company behind the order saying only it is
Image courtesy of Destination Gotland Swedish ferry operator Destination Gotland has recently christened its new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ferry during a ceremony held at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International. The vessel named Visborg is Destination Gotland’s first LNG-powered RoPax ferry. The ferry operator has also a sister vessel to the Visborg
Baltic LNG plant’s location (Image courtesy of Gazprom) Russian gas giant Gazprom and Japanese trading house Itochu have signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposed Baltic liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. “With this document, the parties confirmed their interest in potential cooperation in the framework of the project,” Gazprom said in a statement
Proposed Kwispaa LNG site (Image courtesy of Steelhead LNG) The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency said Thursday it started a federal environmental assessment for the Kwispaa LNG export project, proposed by Steelhead LNG. Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG, in cooperation with First Nations, plans to build a liquefied natural gas export facility located
zoomImage courtesy of Klaipedos Nafta Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta, the operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, held talks with several US LNG suppliers as it aims to boosts the use of the LNG terminal in Klaipėda. This week, Klaipėdos Nafta CEO Mindaugas Jusius visited the US and met
zoomMaria Energy at the Corpus Christi plant (Image courtesy of Cheniere) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States were flat during the week ending December 12, according to the Energy Information Administration. Eight LNG cargoes with a combined LNG-carrying capacity of 26.2 billion cubic feet (Bcf) departed the
