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BW Tulip completes 8th STS LNG transfer of Honningsvåg
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, said its 173,400-cbm BW Tulip liquefied natural gas carrier hit an STS transfer milestone.
Grain LNG puts 2025 capacity on offer
UK’s Grain LNG import terminal has announced that up to 8.3 mtpa of redelivery capacity and over 100 berthing slots could be made available at the terminal in 2025.
Sovcomflot secures funds for LNG carrier duo
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has secured $297 million ten-year credit facility with ING Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank to fund LNG carrier pair.
WoodMac: IMO rules to cut LNG contract prices
Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping.
Lithuania: Klaipeda LNG regas volumes soar in April
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda jumped in April.
Drewry: Qatar Petroleum’s orders to push LNG newbuilding prices up
Qatar Petroleum has invited tenders for the construction of more than 100 LNG ships to meet the requirements of the expansion of Qatargas LNG liquefaction project and the Golden Pass LNG project in the US.
GTT scores tank design order for Capital Gas LNG carrier
French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist, GTT has been contracted by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to design storage tanks for a newbuild LNG carrier.
Gibraltar opens LNG import facility
Gibraltar has officially opened a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal that was recently completed by Shell and Gasnor, a Shell-owned unit.
BHGE nets Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG turbomachinery deal
Baker Hughes, a GE company, been awarded a contract to supply turbomachinery equipment for the first phase of BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project located offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
Agencies call for increased US LNG deliveries to EU
A position paper issued by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) is pushing for large-scale U.S. LNG exports to the EU’s gas market.
Poland eyes second LNG import terminal
Poland has set out plans to set up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility as it looks to moor an FSRU in Gdańsk.
Axpo inks capacity deal with German LNG Terminal
Swiss energy trading company Axpo and German LNG Terminal, the joint venture developing Germany’s first LNG terminal, have signed a heads of agreement for a long-term capacity deal at the facility in Brunsbuettel in northern Germany.
Total sets sight on Anadarko’s African assets with Occidental deal
France’s Total has reached a binding agreement with Occidental to acquire Anadarko’s assets in Africa (Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa) for a consideration of $8.8 billion.
Top news of the week April 29-May 4
BP Shipping adds six LNG carriers to its fleet BP Shipping added six new liquefied natural carriers to its fleet following a $1.3 billion ship build project. Australia: Port Kembla FSRU project gets planning approval The New South Wales government has given planning approval for Australian Industria