A new report on Europe’s energy transition progress highlights the key role energy infrastructure is playing in driving decarbonisation.
On the order of the Estonian energy group Elenger, the Equinor gas tanker Isabella has delivered this year’s first shipload of LNG from the United States to the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania. According to Elenger, in the following days, LNG will be loaded to the Independence floating terminal and th
Turkey-based Sanmar Shipyards has undocked the first of two HaiSea Marine’s LNG dual-fuel escort tugs. HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, won a contract to build and operate escort and harbor tugs required for LNG Canada’s LNG export facility
Oman LNG has signed two binding term-sheet agreements, one with French energy major TotalEnergies and one with Thailand’s PTT Global LNG Company, to supply 1.6 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG starting from 2025, according to Omani state news agency. The agreement with TotalEnergies wil
Singapore-based shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine hosted the naming ceremony for the first of a series of LNG hybrid tugs specially designed for domestic service in Singapore. The Singapore-flagged vessel was christened JMS Sunshine by Ms. Wong Lee Lin, former Executive Director of Sembawang Shipyard, a w
KARMOL, a joint venture between Turkish Karpowership and Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has reached an agreement with Japanese banks to finance its first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Senegal. KARMOL, through Senegal LNGT Company Limited, signed the loan agreement with Japa
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received two orders from its partners the Korean shipyards Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries for, respectively, the tank design of a new liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC), and the tank design of two new very large ethane carriers
Chinese shipyard Wison Heavy Industry has officially started the construction of a 2.4 million tonnes per year (mtpa) floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit ordered by Italian oil and gas company Eni. The construction began on 17 January with over 200 people attending the opening ceremony, Wison
Following discussions and technical evaluation, American oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil has awarded German-based chemical producer BASF with a technology qualification for its Durasorb™ Cryo-HRU technology. This means that Durasorb Cryo-HRU is now available to ExxonMobil project managers and pro
Germany’s newly founded state-owned company that is in charge of five floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) chartered for the country’s LNG terminals has started its business operations. On 16 January, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) said that Deutsche Ener
In 2022, HAROPA PORT, France’s leading port, saw over half a billion euros invested in the development of a decarbonized industrial cluster at the port. “The ecological and energy transition account for 16% of the port’s investments in 2022 and will increase to 19% in 2023,” the port authority said.
London-based design and engineering consultancy Houlder has teamed up with Athens-based integrated energy solutions provider Blue Sea Power on gas-to-power projects. Specifically, the companies are collaborating to develop three innovative floating LNG-to-power barges (FSRPs). The FSRP barges, which
South Korean shipbuilding heavyweight Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has received an order for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co. has started construction of the second liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ordered by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) as part of QatarEnergy’s massive LNG shipbuilding program. The construction of the 174,000 cbm carrier started on 16 January at the
