Construction is progressing on the Tangguh expansion project which includes the addition of a third train at the BP-operated LNG export facility in Indonesia. The expansion project will add a liquefaction unit of 3.8 million tons per annum (mtpa) of production capacity to the existing facility in Pa
The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG ) carriers transiting the expanded Panama Canal is reportedly expected to rise 50 percent by September. The expanded canal received 60 LNG tankers in the last quarter of 2017 and soon expects to handle one LNG vessel per day, Reuters reported on Wednesday cit
A keel laying ceremony was held this week for a tanker with liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion at China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding. The intermediate product and chemical tanker is the fourth of six LNG-fueled vessels ordered by the partners in the Swedish Gothia Tanker Alliance, Furetank, Älvt
India is reportedly planning to add 11 more liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals as the country is boosting the share of gas in its energy mix. The country currently imports LNG via four facilities, namely Petronet’s Dahej and Kochi LNG terminals, Shell’s Hazira plant, and the Dabhol termina
Woodlands-based Anadarko said Tuesday it made “meaningful progress” with its giant liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Mozambique. The US company said in its fourth-quarter report it completed the legal and contractual framework and began the resettlement process to prepare the onshore loc
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and the UK-based Lloyd’s Register have teamed up on what they claim to be the world’s first ballast-free liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel. Germany’s Bernhard Schulte placed the order for the 7,600-cbm bunkering vessel back in 2016. Once completed, it w
The Gate terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam is expected to handle this week the second cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. To remind, Gate performed the first-ever transshipment of a cargo sourced from the Russian project in late December. According to the v
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has on Thursday issued a guidance on liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The document named “Guidance on LNG Bunkering to Port Authorities and Administrations” was prepared in close cooperation with the European Commission (DG MOVE), member states and in
A unit of French energy giant Total and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a long-term charter contract for a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel. The vessel that will have a capacity of 18,600 cbm is scheduled for delivery in 2020. It will operate in Northern Europe and will
The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation via a ship-to-ship method has taken place in the Spanish port of Bilbao. LNG-fueled cement carrier, Ireland, received 90 cubic meters of the chilled fuel from the Oizmendi bunker vessel on February 3, according to a statement by the Spanish p
San Antonio-based refining company Andeavor has acquired the Kenai liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Alaska from the US energy giant ConocoPhillips. The company formerly known as Tesoro said the LNG facility, opened in 1969, will be a natural extension of its Alaska operations. “This ac
Shell-led LNG Canada said it had short-listed two international consortiums for the engineering, procurement and construction of its proposed liquefied natural gas export facility in Canada’s British Columbia. LNG Canada said in a statement on Friday it has notified the partnership of TechnipFMC and
Chevron, the US-based energy company and the operator of the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects in Australia, reported a surge in its fourth-quarter profit, mainly due to the recent U.S. tax reform. Chevron is the second US company, following ExxonMobil, to post a surge in its earnings on Frid
The Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Pampa Melchorita shipped five cargoes of the fuel in January. According to the shipping data provided by the state-owned Perupetro, the five vessels in total loaded some 0.34 million tonnes. Two cargoes were shipped to Japan and Spain, each
