Floating LNG

The facility, located close to Çakmakli, Izmir, is the country’s first floating liquefied natural gas import terminal.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of GasLog Ltd is set to acquire a 20% shareholding in Gastrade S.A., which is licensed to develop a project offshore Northern Greece utilising an FSRU.

Vopak has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Exmar’s floating storage regasification unit business.

Galp Energia’s board of directors has approved the investment related to the Coral South area – the first development related to the discoveries made in the Area 4 of Mozambique’s Rovuma basin.

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has announced that it has signed a contract with GEIL to provide an FSRU for GEIL’s LNG import project in Port Qasim, near Karachi, Pakistan.

SGS has announced that it has won a contract to provide offshore inspectors and third party laboratory services for Shell’s Prelude floating LNG project.

Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia to provide multi-disciplinary engineering and design services in support of the Prelude FLNG unit.

Excelerate Energy has announced that it has completed the necessary geotechnical and geophysical studies for the Moheshkhali floating LNG terminal in Bangladesh.

AG&P and Risco Energy have created a joint venture to deliver energy across the Indonesia archipelago, covering all aspects of design, manufacture and charter/lease of the LNG supply chain from vessels to terminals.

NextDecade Global Solutions and Flex LNG have signed a heads of agreement to create a full value chain solution for customers seeking to buy LNG from the Rio Grande LNG project.

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a joint development agreement with DSME for a FSRU regasification control system.

JGC Corp. has received an order for the construction management and completion support services for the Prelude FLNG project.

Petronas has announced that its floating LNG (FLNG) facility, PFLNG SATU, has produced first LNG.

Höegh LNG has signed a Letter of Intent for one firm and three optional FSRUs at SHI.

Global Maritime Vryhof and Deep Sea Mooring look at the challenges of mooring and anchoring operations for floating LNG industry projects.