Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy has announced on Twitter that the negotiations for the construction of a $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal between Tanzania, Norway’s Equinor, and UK’s Shell are complete and experts are now writing contracts. The ministry notified the public that Tanzani
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued four Approvals in Principle (AiPs) to French LNG containment specialist GTT recognizing the company’s latest development projects in alternative fuels. The concepts that won approvals include: – Concept of 12,500m3 LNG Dual-fuelled VLCC fitted with
In its latest hydrogen whitepaper, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, warns that lack of certainty in government policy could hinder the progress of projects in the UK’s hydrogen pipeline. Westwood’s Hydrogen Scale-up white paper, which explores the key factors p
Spain-based URBAS, specialised in sustainable infrastructures and buildings, real estate development, and renewable energies, has signed an agreement with US-based AECOM, an engineering, architecture and sustainability company, to develop green hydrogen, green ammonia, and sustainable fuels projects
Officials from two of the world’s busiest ports, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their cooperation in a range of areas including sustainability, digital and physical infrastructure, and potential trade opportun
Nordic energy company Gasum is strengthening its presence in the ARA region by registering for business in the Netherlands through its Swedish entity Gasum AB. Gasum AB has been entered into the Dutch trade register in February this year. The company said that being registered as a legal entity in t
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has delivered a 190,000 dwt dual-fuel bulk carrier Ubuntu Unity to its owner Clouds Marine SA, based in the Marshall Islands. The LNG-powered Capesize bulk is intended for Greek-based Maran Dry Management, according to the data from VesselsValue a
Malaysian energy company Petronas and Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in energy transition initiatives towards achieving respective energy transition and decarbonisation targets. According to Petronas, the initia
Partners in the Papua LNG project have launched fully-integrated front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the project in Papua New Guinea. Papua LNG is being developed by TotalEnergies, which holds a 40.1% interest in the project, along with its joint venture partners ExxonMobil (37.1%) and Santo
Amogy Inc., a Brooklyn-based developer of energy-dense ammonia power solutions, is making waves in the maritime industry with its ammonia-to-power system which has a massive potential to decarbonize shipping operations. The company just revealed its project which involves retrofitting a 1957-built t
The Spanish, French and Portuguese transmission system operators (TSOs) have signed an agreement to boost the transformation of the gas grid into a hydrogen grid. Namely, Spanish Enagás, Portuguese REN and French GRTgaz and Teréga are leading the initiative called Green2TSO which aims to transform t
Gunvor Singapore and Chesapeake Energy Marketing have entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) under which Chesapeake will supply up to 2 million tonnes of LNG per annum to Gunvor, with the purchase price indexed to Japan Korea Marker (JKM), for a period of 15 years. Following the execution of the Ho
Brooklyn-based technology startup Amogy Inc. is retrofitting a tugboat to run on its ammonia-to-power system and is planning to present the vessel in late 2023. Namely, Amogy intends to sail the tugboat later in 2023 in upstate New York, pending further safety testing and regulatory discussions. The
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) have awarded VoltH2 a substantial operating subsidy for the Stimulation of Sustainable Energy Production and Climate Transition (SDE++) to support the production of green hydrogen. SDE++ is th
