LNG

Transco has filed an application with FERC seeking authorisation to build a 475 000 dekatherm per day expansion in Texas and Louisiana to connect US natural gas supplies with global LNG markets.

NextDecade and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have announced a partnership to develop STEM-based education programmes.

According to Reuters, mild temperatures in late winter have hit fuel demand in Argentina, forcing state-run Enarsa to divert or cancel incoming LNG shipments.

ABS has announced that the ABS-classed Navigator Aurora – the largest ethane/ethylene capable liquefied gas carrier in the world – has been delivered to Navigator Gas by Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China.

Kongsberg Digital has signed contracts with Chalmers University of Technology, Kalmar Maritime Academy and Linnaeus University that include the development of an LNG dual-fuel cruise ferry simulator model for the K-Sim Engine simulator platform.

According to Reuters, PGNiG – the Polish state-run gas firm – will provide approximately 2.2 billion m3 of gas to PGE, which is another state-run power group.

Teekay has released a video looking at the Torben Spirit, which is the company’s third MEGI-Type LNG carrier.

Pivotal LNG has announced that it has reached a multi-year agreement to sell LNG to a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., Carib Energy LLC.

Wärtsilä has announced that it has signed a turnkey contract to construct an LNG receiving terminal in Raahe, Finland.

Tellurian Investments has released a statement announcing that Meg Gentle has joined the company as President and CEO.

Chart is continuing to support the development of an LNG fuelling network in Northern Europe.

A top executive at Indian Oil Corp. has said that the company will continue to import a minimum of two cargoes of LNG each month after the Dahej import terminal expansion.

Crowley Maritime has released a video of its new LNG-ready tanker, the West Virginia, during a recent stop in the Port of Jacksonville, US.

Gasum has announced the opening of Finland’s first LNG filling station serving heavy duty vehicles at Helsinki’s Vuosaari Harbor.

General Dynamics NASSCO recently celebrated the christening and launch of the sixth ship in a series of eight eco-friendly tankers.