Canada’s Ksi Lisims LNG has filed an application to the British Columbia (B.C.) Government for an environmental assessment certificate (EAC) after consultation, studies and analysis designed to identify and mitigate potential effects on a wide range of matters related to the project. The filing is s
UK-based energy giant BP has shipped the first LNG cargo produced by the new liquefaction train at the Tangguh LNG facility in Papua Barat, Indonesia, marking the start of full commercial operation of the expanded Tangguh LNG facility. The LNG cargo produced by the new train sailed from Tangguh on O
In the race to achieve the 5% target for scalable zero-emission fuel (SZEF) goal by 2030, the global shipping industry has made significant progress over the past year, as revealed in a recent report from UMAS, Getting to Zero Coalition, and Race to Zero. The developments are promising, but as the 2
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has started the construction of a 2-stroke LNG carrier for Cool Company (CoolCo). According to CoolCo’s brief social media update, the steel cutting ceremony for the LNG carrier was held on October 10, 2023. The vessel named Kool Panther is one
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has placed an order for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
UAE’s integrated gas processing company ADNOC Gas has announced a multi-year liquified natural gas (LNG) supply agreement, valued between $500 million (AED 1.8 billion) and $700 million (AED 2.5 billion), with JERA Global Markets, a trading subsidiary of Japan’s energy major JERA. ADNOC Gas said the
Texas-based LNG company Excelerate Energy has signed a ten-year contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to charter the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Sequoia. Under the agreement, which will commence on January 1, 2024, Excelerate will continue to deploy the
Norwegian equipment provider Kongsberg Maritime has delivered a 23% cut in CO2 emissions on the 121-meter passenger vessel, owned by Hurtigruten, a coastal ship operator and adventure travel company.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received, in the third quarter of 2023, two orders for the tank design of three new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). The company said the first two LNGCs will be built by the South Korean shipyard HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI), on behalf of a E
QatarEnergy and Shell, through their affiliates, have signed two long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements for the supply of LNG from Qatar to the Netherlands. Pursuant to the agreements, up to 3.5 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG will be delivered to the Gate LNG terminal in the port of Rotter
Methanol producer and supplier Proman has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to examine building a low-carbon ammonia facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. According to Proman, the proposed plant would produce approximately 1.2 million tons per year of clea
Greece’s MYTILINEOS Energy & Metal has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean SK E&S to explore means of cooperation in the energy sector. Specifically, under the MoU, the companies agreed to cooperate in the following sectors: To note, MYTILINEOS is already a part of the Asian
The maritime industry must build 80 million gross tonnage (gt) of zero-emission ships each year over the 14-year period from 2027 to 2040 to achieve the indicative checkpoints for 2030 and 2040 developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in its 2023 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy, acco
Finnish rotor sail manufacturer Norsepower has been selected to provide rotor sails for the third LNG-powered, wind-assisted LCO2 carrier recently ordered by Northern Lights, a joint venture between oil majors Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies.
