Russia’s Novatek, the operator of the giant Yamal LNG export project, signed an agreement of intent with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom to establish a joint venture. Under the deal, the duo plans to establish a long-term partnership to jointly develop, finance and implement a project to create a
Union Fenosa Gas (UFG) is reportedly in talks to restart the Damietta liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Egypt following the $2.01 billion arbitration award last week. To remind, a World Bank arbitration body ordered Egypt to pay the award to UFG because of a lack of gas supply to the Damie
Dutch-based transport company Don Trucking is turning to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for its fleet of trucks to reduce emissions. The company has signed a contract with Iveco Poland, a unit of the Italian truck maker, for the delivery of 20 LNG-powered Stralis trucks with 460 hp. These truck
Australian oil and gas production hit a new record in the year to June 2018 as more LNG export projects were brought online, according to a report by the energy consultancy, EnergyQuest. Petroleum production rose by 13.2 percent year-on-year to 870.4 million barrels of oil equivalents (MMboe), the c
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has ordered two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled aframax tankers at the new Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. VEB-Leasing will finance the construction of the tankers, whilst a subsequent 20-year time-charter for them has been agreed with Russia’s Rosneft,
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Vietnam have approved a feasibility study for a pilot project aimed at building a Vietnam-based small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. LNG produced at the small-scale facility would be used as fuel for vehicles. The project operator is the PVGAZPROM Natural Gas
US LNG exporter Cheniere has secured an approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to introduce feed gas for the commissioning of the fifth train at the Sabine Pass facility in Louisiana. In a letter order dated September 6, FERC said that request from Sabine Pass Liquefaction and Sabine
LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island offshore Gladstone totaled 1.76 million tonnes during August, hitting a seven-month high, according to the data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation. Australia’s east coast LNG export volumes rose 7 percent from July and were up
Finnish natural gas and LNG company, Gasum plans to invest in the construction of around 50 gas filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles in Finland, Sweden and Norway by the beginning of the 2020s. The investment will multiply the size of the Nordic heavy-duty vehicle gas filling station network, en
The United States exported in total five liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes in the week ending September 5. All of these cargoes departed from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass facility, with a combined LNG-carrying capacity of 17.7 Bcf, according to the Energy Information Administration. This compares to six
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) granted approval in principle to Technolog’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel gas container system. The portable tank system, which will come in 20 and 40-foot containers, is designed to be filled at land-based LNG terminals and shipped to vessels via rail, road
Finland’s ESL Shipping, an Aspo Group company, has taken delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled bulker Viikki from the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. Viikki is a sister ship to bulker Haaga that was delivered on August 20. The 160-meter, LNG-fueled vessel of 25,600 dwt emits over 50 per
Spanish engineering company Ayesa has secured a contract to redesign the mooring jetty for the Enagás-operated regasification plant in Huelva. This will allow small-scale vessels to be refueled and vessels to be loaded with LNG for subsequent ship-to-ship bunkering at the Huelva facility, Ayesa said
Rolls-Royce launched on Wednesday its latest in a series of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled marine engines. Power output of the LNG-fuelled B36:45 engine is identical to that of the liquid-fuelled B33:45 at 600kW per cylinder at 750 rpm, according to a Rolls-Royce statement. Specific energy cons
