Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, part of the Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen, said it had won a contract to undertake the conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining liquefied natural gas (LNG) and marine gas oil (MGO). According to Damen, this will be the first conversion of its kind to
Exports of liquefied natural gas from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export facility in Louisiana remained flat week-on-week, according to a report by the Energy Information Administration. Four LNG vessels with a combined LNG-carrying capacity of 14.8 billion cubic feet (Bcf) departed the Sabine Pass l
Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG export terminal in Maryland, the second US facility to produce LNG from shale gas, is expected to ship its first cargo of the fuel soon. Dominion introduced feed gas to the 5.25 mtpa liquefaction facility earlier this month. The Shell-chartered LNG tanker Maran Gas D
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is to deliver by the end of this year a 50,000 dwt bulk carrier, claimed to be the world’s largest LNG-fuelled ship. This was revealed in a joint statement on Thursday by Lloyd’s Register and Hyundai Mipo’s parent company Hyundai Heavy Industries. The two companie
Japan’s LNG importing giant Jera and France’s EDF have signed a basic agreement to integrate their liquefied natural gas trading operations, which could potentially create a leader in the market. The non-binding agreement follows integration in April of EDF’s coal and freight trading business into J
Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports rose 3.4 percent in November to 5.2 million tonnes as compared to the previous month, according to a monthly report by the energy consultancy, EnergyQuest. Australian LNG export projects shipped a total of 79 cargoes in November, compared to 76 cargoes
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has injected another S$12 million ($8.91m) to boost liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering in the Port of Singapore. Half of this sum has been set aside to co-fund the building of new LNG bunker vessels (LBVs) to facilitate the development of ship-to-ship
US energy giant ExxonMobil said on Wednesday that its unit has completed a deal to acquire a 25 percent indirect interest in Mozambique’s gas-rich Area 4 block from Italy’s Eni. ExxonMobil will assume responsibility for midstream operations leading the construction and operation of all future natura
Russian giant Gazprom said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on possible cooperation in the Iran LNG export project. The memorandum was signed on Wednesday during a working visit headed by Gazprom’s chief Alexey Miller. Gazprom signed the deal with Iranian Oil Industry Pension, Saving and
Spanish LNG supplier Molgas Energía has been busy lately bunkering LNG-powered vessels with the chilled fuel in Spanish ports via a truck-to-ship method. The company says it has signed a deal to supply the fuel to AIDA Cruises’ LNG-powered AIDAperla during the vessel’s stay in five Mediterranean por
Germany has taken another step forward in promoting the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. The country’s Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure announced earlier this year a new stimulus programme under which Germany would subsidize the conversion and newbuild co
UK-based BMT said it developed a floating modular concept for small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution. The concept could help to “transform the lives of people” in off-grid coastal communities across the Asia Pacific region by bringing power and allowing the roll-out of cleaner fuels, a
Florida-based GFS Corp on Wednesday said it has received an order to convert a fleet of haul trucks to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) at an undisclosed mine in Mexico. The Komatsu 930E trucks will be equipped with the EVO-MT system which includes onboard LNG storage and vaporization as well as e
Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), an association representing the interests of European natural gas infrastructure operators, released its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) map and database. GIE LNG map and database 2018 shows the main characteristics of all large-scale and small-scale operational LNG
