Clean Fuel
TKS to build Jamaica’s Old Harbour LNG-fueled power plant
Spanish engineering company TKS has been contracted to build the LNG-fueled 190 MW combined cycle plant for a value of over 220 million euros for the Jamaican power utility JPS.
Statoil strikes gas in North Sea
Norwegian energy giant and LNG player Statoil has made a gas discovery at the Valemon field in the North Sea, two years after Valemon came on stream. The discovery is estimated to contain between 20 and 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, Statoil said on Friday. The well was drilled 160 kilometres
Timelapse: Zeebrugge fifth LNG tank construction advances
Construction on the fifth LNG storage tank at the Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium is moving forward. The work on the 180,000-cbm storage tank officially began in June 2015. Once completed, it will be the largest tank at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, with a diameter of 95 metres and a tot
Poland’s PGNiG opens LNG trading office in London
Polish Gas and Oil Company (PGNiG) on Wednesday opened a trading office for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in London. The office, that is being opened at times when the UK is leaving the European Union, is being run by PGNiG Supply and Trading GmbH, a Germany-based subsidiary of PGNiG. PGNiG said earli
GTT, Teekay extend technical service agreement
French LNG containment specialist GTT said it has added advisory services to its technical service agreement with Teekay.
Shell’s Q4 profit down, LNG sales up
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell on Thursday said its fourth-quarter profit dropped 44 percent year-on-year. Shell’s 2016 fourth-quarter earnings on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis were at $1 billion compared with $1.8 billion in the same quarter of 2015. “Earnings were impacted by charges of
MSC Cruises, ARTA develop new LNG bunkering system
MSC Cruises, the Swiss-based cruise line, has partnered up with ARTA to develop an LNG bunkering system for MSC Cruises fleet.
Golar LNG Partners nets $250 million through bond sales
Golar LNG Partners on Wednesday said it had completed the issuance of a US$250 million senior unsecured bond in the Nordic bond market.
GasLog, GasLog Partners name new CFO
GasLog, and GasLog Partners, named Alastair Maxwell as CFO, following Simon Crowe’s decision to step down from the position earlier in January.
Consortium kicks off LNG-fueling project
The S/F SamueLNG project, led by French Dragages Ports (DP), with the aim to improve the sustainability of marine traffic through the use of LNG in France, Spain and the Netherlands kicked off at the end of last year.
Spain’s Balearia orders two LNG ferries
Spanish shipping company Baleària has ordered two LNG-fueled ferries at the Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Visentini. The order comes less than a year after Baleària had ordered an LNG-powered ferry at the Spanish shipyard LaNaval. The latest order includes two dual-fuel gas engine sister ferri
Total, CMA CGM ink MoU for fuel supply including LNG
France’s Total signed a memorandum of understanding with CMA CGM to supply a range of multi-fuel solutions including LNG, in order to reduce the shipping footprint.
LNG-fueled Ireland first to bunker at Port of Brunsbüttel
LNG-fueled cement carrier, Ireland, became the first vessel to bunker liquefied natural gas in the Elbe port of Brunsbüttel.
Zeebrugge books Qatari LNG cargo
Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas mid-February.