Clean Fuel

Noble Energy: Leviathan gas starts flowing to Israel, Jordan and Egypt
U.S. oil and gas company Noble Energy noted that the Leviathan field off Israel started first natural gas sales on December 31, 2019.

Polish LNG terminal receives 80th cargo
Polish liquefied natural gas import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has received a new cargo on Wednesday.

Novatek reports higher production in 2019
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, reported a jump in its 2019 production compared to the previous year.

Reganosa: Mugardos LNG terminal 2019 activity jumps
Spanish LNG terminal operator Reganosa said its Mugardos liquefied natural gas plant in the port of Ferrol, was the third most used LNG terminal in the Spanish system.

Flex LNG extends Flex Enterprise charter
Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen and an emerging player in the LNG shipping business, has extended the time-charter agreement for Flex Enterprise.

Wintershall Dea grabs nine Norwegian Continental Shelf exploration licenses
Independent natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall Dea has secured interests in nine new exploration licenses in Norway, including three as an operator.

Wärtsilä to convert Brazilian power plant to natural gas
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW.

Shell and Turcas Petrol open Turkey’s first LNG station
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell in cooperation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey.

Gassco calls for new export infrastructure development
Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea.

Sakhalin 2 floats two-cargo tender
Russia’s first liquefaction plant, Sakhalin 2, operated by Sakhalin Energy, has reportedly floated a tender seeking to sell two cargoes of the chilled fuel.

Trelleborg buys Signum Technology
Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has, through its Industrial Solutions business area, acquired engineering group Signum Technology and its units Gall Thomson, KLAW LNG, KLAW Products, and Vee Bee Filtration.

Lithuania dispatches record gas volumes to Baltic States
By making targeted investments into the Lithuanian gas infrastructure and its interconnection with neighboring countries, the gas transmission to the Baltic States increased 2.6-fold last year if compared to 2018, and reached almost 6 TWh of gas.

HAM Group acquires FNX Liquid Natural Gas
Spanish LNG services provider HAM Group has acquired the Basque company FNX Liquid Natural Gas, company focused on the design, manufacturing and installation of Small-Scale Natural Gas Liquefaction facilities.

Wärtsilä tech ordered for LNG-fueled short-sea cargo quartet
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide LNG propulsion and storage systems for short-sea cargo vessels being built at the WuHu Shipyard in China.