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VIDEO: LNG at Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, is an import, (re)export and a regasification hub for liquefied natural gas. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Since 2011, LNG tankers can transship their cargo to three storage tanks at the fi
MAN to supply engines for two LNG carriers
MAN Diesel & Turbo has received an order for four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines in connection with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering agreeing a deal with the BW Group to build two LNG carriers. The technical engine specification complies with IMO Tier II, with options to include remedies for Tier
Damen: second LNG tug on way to Trinidad
The second of four Damen ASD Tugs 2810 for ARC Towage (Spain) has left for Trinidad. There, the Guapo Warrior will join the fleet of Joint Venture company ARC Towage, which will provide the gas terminal berthing services for a significant energy industry player in Trinidad and Tobago, according to a
Belgium to get LNG cargo from Qatar
Belgium’s only LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from Qatar. The 145,602 cbm Milaha Qatar is scheduled to dock at the Zeebrugge terminal on October 25, port data reveals. The Zeebrugge terminal imports liquefied natural gas mainly from the world’s largest LNG exporter,
Statoil sells Shah Deniz stake to Petronas
Statoil has sold its 15.5% participating interest in the Shah Deniz production sharing agreement, 15.5% share in the South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC), 15.5% share in the SCPC holding company, and 12.4% share in the Azerbaijan Gas Supply Company (AGSC) to Petronas. The transaction value is USD
Top news of the week October 6-11, 2014
INTERVIEW: BW investing heavily in LNG Singapore-based BW, which has been involved in LNG shipping for more than 40 years, has been spending heavily on its LNG business lately, with the most recent order bringing BW’s LNG fleet size to 20 tankers. Fourteen LNG projects to get TEN-T funding As part o
Dena study reveals need for LNG trucks
Road haulage in Germany, which depends almost entirely on mineral oil, is growing significantly, leading to rising greenhouse gas emissions. Liquefied natural gas, as an alternative fuel, has the potential to diversify the energy supply and reduce the carbon footprint of road freight transport and t
IEA: energy efficiency a growing market
The global energy efficiency market is worth at least USD 310 billion a year and growing, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency that confirms the position of energy efficiency as the world’s “first fuel”. The report also finds that energy efficiency finance is becoming an es
Statoil hits gas in Barents Sea
Statoil Petroleum, operator of production licence 714, said it is completing the drilling of wildcat well 7220/2-1. The well was drilled about 40 kilometres northeast of the oil and gas discovery 7220/8-1 Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea, and about 260 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. The primar
Sevilla Knutsen heading for Spain
The latest liquefied natural gas cargo to be loaded at Peru’s only liquefaction plant has been dispatched to Spain. The 173,400 cbm Sevilla Knutsen departed from the Peru LNG terminal on Tuesday. The tanker is probably sailing to the Bilbao terminal, even though the state-owned Perupetro did not pro
Fos Cavaou LNG receives Algerian cargo
Elengy’s Fos Cavaou import terminal received a cargo of LNG from Algeria. The 75,000 cbm Cheikh El Mokrani docked at the Fos Cavaou on Friday, shipping data reveals. Elengy, a unit of GDF Suez, has this year achieved a record of 9,000 deliveries (about 275 million tons) since 1965. The company opera
WoodMac infographic highlights 50 years of LNG industry
October 12th 2014 marks an important milestone in the history of the LNG industry: since the Methane Princess delivered the world’s first commercial LNG cargo to the UK’s Canvey Island regasification terminal on 12th October 1964. The sector has mushroomed from this single trade between Algeria and
Novatek posts 7.2 pct gas production increase
Novatek, owner of a 60 percent stake in the Yamal LNG project, said its production of natural gas increased by 1.05 bcm, or by 7.2% in the third quarter of this year. In the nine months period ended 30 September, Novatek’s gross production totaled 46.88 bcm of natural gas, up by 2.3% as compared wit
Gazprom, Kamaz jointly developing Russian NGV market
Gazprom and Kamaz representatives met during the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum to discuss joint development of the Russian NGV market. Both companies are already initiating and searching for locations for new CNG filling stations. The work is in full force on the newly produced gas-powered