LNG

The LNG feeder and bunker vessel ‘Kairos’ has commenced its first reload operation in Klaipeda.

Severn Glocon Technologies has announced that its engineers have travelled to South Korea to commission a high integrity pressure protection system supplied to DSME for an FSRU.

Ophir has been informed by the Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons that the Block R licence, which contains the Fortuna gas discovery, will not be extended following expiry of the licence on 31 December 2018.

Germany’s Economy Minister has announced that Europe is ready to begin construction of LNG infrastructure to facilitate the importation of US LNG.

ResearchAndMarkets.com has added the ‘2019 World LNG Import Terminals Map’ to its offering.

Williams has announced that its Gulf Connector project has been put into full service, further connecting its Transco pipeline with global LNG markets.

Wood Mackenzie is forecasting that 2019 will see a record-breaking 60 million tpy of LNG production capacity be approved.

The US FERC has issued a letter order authorising Corpus Christi Liquefaction to introduce gas and commission the Train 2 fuel gas system at its Corpus Christi LNG export terminal.

Project Forward has been named ‘Most Sustainable Project’ at the Maritime2020 Summit in Copenhagen.

Sempra Energy has announced that its subsidiary has entered into an agreement to sell its non-utility US natural gas storage facilities to an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners.

According to Reuters, RDIF – a Russian sovereign wealth fund – is looking into the possibility of investing in the Arctic LNG 2 project alongside Saudi Aramco.

Gastrade has announced that the first phase of the market test for the reservation of regasification capacity at the floating LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis, Greece, has been successfully completed.

DNV GL has announced that it has awarded Korea’s Daehan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd approval in principle for the design of an LNG-fuelled 115 000 DWT Aframax tanker.

EXMAR has announced that its floating LNG unit, which will be renamed Tango FLNG, has successfully left China to Bahia Blanca, Argentina, where its liquefaction operations will begin.

Woodside has announced that it has awarded a contract to Bechtel (Western Australia) Pty Ltd to carry out the front-end engineering design work for the Pluto Train 2 project.