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Containerships christens two LNG-powered vessels
Finnish shipping company Containerships, that is soon to become part of French CMA CGM group, christened its third and fourth LNG-powered vessels at the Wenchong Shipyard, China.
Novatek’s nine-month production up
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatekreported a 4.9 percent rise in production for the first nine months of the year.
QP CEO: LNG shortage to hit sooner than expected
The global liquefied natural gas market could see a shortage sooner that it was initially anticipated, Qatar Petroleum’s president and CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said.
LNG-liner AIDAnova transits to Eemshaven for final fit-out
German shipyard Meyer Werft on Monday began the transfer of the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled cruise ship AIDAnova from its Papenburg yard to Eemshaven in the Netherland.
Wärtsilä delivers gas-fired power plants to Centrica
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä handed over two gas-fired power plants to the British energy and services company Centrica.
Sonatrach, Total expand natural gas cooperation in Algeria
Algeria’s Sonatrach and France’s Total have signed two agreements continuing its partnership agreed in 2017.
WFW advises Höegh LNG on Avenir investment
The London-based law firm, Watson Farley & Williams advised Höegh LNG on an investment forming part of a combined commitment of up to $182m from in Avenir LNG.
Hapag-Lloyd to trial LNG-conversion vessel in 2019
Hamburg-headquartered shipping company Hapag-Lloyd developed a marine fuel recovery mechanism to enable calculation of fuel oil costs.
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas gets new Yamal LNG cargo
Spain’s Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) received a new cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Novatek-led Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic at its regasification plant in the port of Bilbao.
France’s Dunkirk LNG still shut down as upgrade works continue
France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal, the country’s fourth regasification facility, is still shut down as works on improving the terminal’s reloading capacity are ongoing. To remind, Dunkerque LNG, the terminal operator, told LNG World News in July that the facility had planned a maintenance shutdow
Lithuania’s LNG regas volumes dip in September
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda dropped during the month of September.
BW LPG withdraws Dorian $1.1 billion offer
Oslo-based BW LPG, the world’s largest liquid petroleum gas shipping company, has dropped its pursuit to buy New York-listed competitor Dorian LPG in a $1.1 billion all-share deal. BW LPG said in a statement on Monday that the decision was made due to “Dorian’s continued refusal to give a meaningful
Keppel to build additional LNG-carriers for Stolt-Nielsen Gas
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit Keppel Singmarine has signed two additional contracts with Stolt-Nielsen Gas to build two additional small-scale LNG carriers worth a total of around S$105 million ($75.9 million).
Gazprom, Linde talk gas cooperation
Russian giant Gazprom held talks with the technology company Linde focusing on the potential of expanding the cooperation.