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South Korea’s Samsung Heavy nets Celsius LNG duo order
South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries said Tuesday it won a new order to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Samsung will build the 419 billion won ($376m) worth LNG tankers for Copenhagen-based Celsius Tankers. The shipbuilder said it would deliver the 180,000-cbm ves
Total hits gas in North Sea off UK
France’s Total made a new discovery in the North Sea offshore U.K., on the Glengorm prospect located in the Central Graben.
Gazprom, OMV talk gas cooperation
Gazprom’s exports of natural gas to Austria have seen a significant jump so far this year.
US LNG landing in Portugal
LNG receiving terminal at the port of Sines owned and operated by Portugal’s electricity and natural gas infrastructure operator REN is set to receive a US cargo.
Ophir extends deadline for Medco to submit takeover bid
London-based Ophir Energy has requested an extension of the deadline for Medco Global, a unit of Medco Energi, to submit its takeover bid.
Poland unloads 50th LNG cargo
Polish LNG terminal operator, Polskie LNG, has hit a milestone with the arrival of the 50th liquefied natural gas cargo at the President Lech Kaczyński facility in Świnoujście.
Containerships’ vessel bunkers LNG in port of Rotterdam
Finnish shipping company Containerships, part of French CMA CGM group, said its first LNG-fueled container vessel Containerships Nord completed its first LNG bunkering at the Port of Rotterdam.
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Tellurian gets environmental clearance for Driftwood LNG US LNG Export project developer, Tellurian said that its Driftwood LNG project proposed near Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the U.S. Gulf Coast has been granted the final environmental impact statement. Shell files for permit to drill potential P
Doris Engineering grabs LNG, oil advisory job in Senegal
French engineering services provider Doris Engineering has been awarded an advisor contract by the Senegalese ministry of petroleum and energies for the development of oil & gas projects offshore Senegal.
ExxonMobil books capacity at Uniper’s Wilhelmshaven FSRU
German utility Uniper on Friday said it has signed a heads of agreement with ExxonMobil for regasification capacity at its LNG import project in Wilhelmshaven.
GasLog’s newbuild LNG carrier starts sea trials
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog said its newbuild carrier GasLog Gladstone left the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard for its sea trials.
Cyprus extends tender deadline for LNG import facility
The Cypriot government has extended the deadline for the tender it launched initially in October 2018 for the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Vasilikos Bay, near Limassol.
Gibraltar feeds LNG-powered electricity to distribution system
The government of Gibraltar hit a milestone as the first electricity produced by using LNG as fuel was supplied to the national grid, if only for a brief 30-minute period.
France’s GTT nets LNG tanks design order from DSME
French LNG containment systems specialist GTT has received an order to design tanks for two liquefied natural gas carriers under construction at the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) yard.