LNG news updates

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd and Chevron Shipping Company LLC have announced an agreement to install a hard sail wind-assisted ship propulsion system to a newbuild LNG carrier.

Construction activities at the LNG Canada site are now more than 95% complete overall, and remains on track to deliver first cargoes by the middle of 2025.

On 6 September 2024, Petrovietnam Gas Corp. held a ceremony to launch the first train carrying LNG from the south to the north.

Summit LNG Terminal Co Pvt Ltd is ready for ship-to-ship transfer and regasification of LNG in order to send out regasified LNG to the national grid.

ABB has won an order from Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd to equip 15 LNG carriers with the permanent magnet shaft generator technology which will serve the supply chain needs of Qatar Energy.

ADNOC has announced the signing of a long-term heads of agreement with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd for the delivery of 1 million tpy of LNG.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated the first conventional-size LNG vessel under its shipbuilding programme, the Rex Tillerson.

Rohe Solutions started the production of bio-LNG on 29 August 2024 at the Hamina LNG terminal.

In our recent September issue, Patricia Tiller, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, UAE, provides an analysis of the environmental, economic, and regulatory hurdles facing LNG, and looks at innovative solutions and strategies that can be implemented to overcome these challenges.

BW LNG has announced the signing of a 10-year charter with the National Electric Power Company to deploy an FSU for Jordan’s energy needs.

NEREUS HIGHWAY, a car carrier with a capacity of 7000 vehicles, has recently been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

In our recent September issue of LNG Industry, Rob Homer, Senior Product Manager (Gas & Water) at Energy Exemplar, details how digital twins can be used to co-optimise power and gas sectors.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group and GTT have entered into a partnership to support the LNG-fuelled cargo shipping market.

The 11th International LNG Congress brings up regulatory challenges and perspectives, gathering key players of the LNG market at the panel discussion.

Titan has delivered 180 t of LNG to the newbuild vessel, Thun Vettern, for Furetank Chartering AB.

New Fortress Energy Inc. has received authorisation from the U.S. Department of Energy to export up to ~1.4 million tpy of LNG to non-FTA countries from its Fast LNG 1 asset for a term of five years.

Santos has signed a mid-term LNG supply contract with Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd.

MET Group has delivered the 100th LNG shipment to the Krk LNG Terminal in Croatia.

North America’s LNG export capacity is on track to more than double between 2024 – 2028, from 11.4 billion ft3/d in 2023 to 24.4 billion ft3/d in 2028, if projects currently under construction begin operations as planned, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Starting in 2027, Shell International Trading Middle East Fze will supply BOTAS with up to 4 billion m3 of LNG a year from its US and global portfolio.

Gasum will bunker Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessels with a total amount of 20 000 t of bio-LNG during 2025 – 2026.

In a recent article, the Financial Times referred to the current times as “the age of anxiety” to refer to the ongoing political uncertainty and its possible impact on globalisation, free trade, and public policies.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases (Group), part of Nikkiso Co. Ltd’s Industrial Business segment, has expanded its manufacturing operations in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany.

EVA has inaugurated a new LNG service station in Peru with the station being located in Nasca.