LNG news updates

EXMAR launched the conversion works for a new FSRU, advancing the long-term expansion of the EemsEnergyTerminal.

Two of the three modules built for the Pluto Train 1 modifications project have arrived on site in Western Australia.

GTT has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of one new LNG carrier on behalf of an Asian shipowner.

DNV’s latest white paper, Methane in Shipping: LNG fuelled ships and the switch to low GHG methane, finds that low-greenhouse gas methane (i.e. bio-methane and e-methane) can benefit from this existing infrastructure.

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast has awarded a US$69.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to Excelerate Gas Marketing Ltd Partnership for the continued supply of LNG to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

SUBLIME Energie has inaugurated its demonstrator ‘Charlie’ in Plélo, the world’s first system capable of liquefying biogas directly on the farm.

Honeywell has announced that its industry-leading liquefaction process technology and equipment will be used in NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG Train 4 and Train 5 Projects through an agreement with Bechtel Energy, Inc.

Gasum and Wasaline have reinforced their long partnership and commitment to developing sustainable maritime transport on the Baltic Sea.

CoreMarine and Jumbo Offshore have been awarded a contract to perform the transport and installation of the soft-yoke mooring systems and hook-up of both the Hilli Episeyo FLNG and MKII FLNG vessels, in Argentina’s Golfo San Matías.

Eastern Pacific Shipping has marked its 600th ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation, with FueLNG Bellina supplying LNG to the dual-fuel PCTC CMA CGM Indianapolis in Singapore.

Viva Energy’s proposed gas terminal in Geelong has received formal approval under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

For the first time, Bulgartransgaz EAD will conduct a tender procedure for the supply of LNG for the first time in order to provide the natural gas quantities necessary for ensuring the technological processes in the gas transmission system.

Elenger has started preparations for the next heating season, with three LNG cargoes to arrive at the Inkoo terminal in Finland and two at the Klaipeda LNG terminal in Lithuania.

Christiani & Nielsen (Thailand) Public Co. Ltd has executed a construction contract for the LNG tank outer works project with POSCO E&C.

Petrovietnam's gas subsidiary, PV GAS, has completed the capacity upgrade of the Thi Vai LNG terminal, raising its regasification output from 171 tpy to 288 tpy.

Singapore LNG has awarded the EPC contract for the development of its tertiary jetty to Rotary Engineering Pte Ltd.

GTT has received an order from Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd for the design of a 10 000 m3 onshore LNG tank to be built at the Yangjiawan LNG liquefaction plant in China.

Gasum has expanded its filling station in Joensuu with the opening of an additional bio-LNG refuelling point for heavy-duty vehicles.

Sawgrass LNG & Power has announced the completion of the first-ever shore-to-ship LNG bunkering operation at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

GAIL (India) Ltd has entered into a long-term charter party agreement with Alpha Gas for the LNG carrier, Energy Fidelity.

Baker Hughes has secured a strategic order from San Matias Pipeline S.A. to supply three gas compression units for a major natural gas pipeline project in Argentina.

Caturus has announced that its Commonwealth LNG project has finalised customer offtake agreements to underpin financing of its LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Vietnam Gas Corp., together with Vietnam Electricity Group and Vietnam Oil and Gas Power Corp., have signed agreements on the supply of LNG for large scale gas-fired power projects.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved an export credit insurance authorisation of more than US$2 billion supporting US LNG exports to Egypt.