Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday it plans to build two small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities to fuel locomotives owned by Russian Railways. To remind, a unit of Gazprom began supplying LNG last year to three locomotives owned by Russian Railways. However, according
Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona and its transport suppliers have allocated 4 million euros ($5m) in 2018 towards adding 40 liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered trucks. The trucks will be deployed in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. They will join the 7 gas-powered vehicles that have already been o
French energy giant Total and Papua New Guinea’s Kumul Petroleum recently signed a binding heads of agreement to jointly market their shares of production from the proposed Papua LNG export project. Under the deal, the duo will negotiate a shareholders’ agreement for an incorporated joint venture to
A keel laying ceremony was held on February 1 for Sirius Shipping’s LNG-ready oil and chemical tanker at China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding. The vessel is the first of two ice-class 7999 dwt tankers with the Evolution design ordered by the Swedish company back in 2016. Sirius said then that the vess
Trinidad and Tobago’s liquefied natural gas production rose 14 percent year-on-year in December to 2.6 million cubic meters. This was the highest monthly LNG production since March in 2015 when Atlantic LNG’s Point Fortin facility produced 2.68 million cubic meters, according to the data by Trinidad
Mexico, South Korea and China are the biggest buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from US shale gas, according to the data from the Department of Energy. These three countries took almost half of the total LNG volumes that have been produced at Cheniere’s Sabine liquefaction plant in the
Australian LNG operator Woodside is raising $2.5 billion ($1.96 billion) from shareholders to fund its purchase of an additional stake in Western Australia’s Scarborough gas field. Woodside said on Wednesday it had agreed to pay $744 million for ExxonMobil’s 50-percent stake in the Scarborough field
Qatar Petroleum, the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas, laid out long-term plans to strengthen its position as top LNG exporter and boost its international presence. The new corporate strategy and core values were designed to firmly place the company on the road to realizing its visi
Crowley Fuels, a unit of the Jacksonville-based maritime solutions provider Crowley, has signed another multi-year supply contract with Pivotal LNG, part of Southern Company Gas. The contract, executed through Crowley subsidiary Carib Energy, calls for Crowley to transport liquefied natural gas from
Belgian dredging specialist DEME said that its second LNG-fueled trailing suction hopper dredger Scheldt River was bunkered with the chilled fuel at Germany’s Brunsbüttel Ports on Monday. About 85 tonnes of LNG fuel was loaded to the dredger, making this the largest LNG bunkering operation in German
Federal safety regulators have instructed US LNG export player Cheniere Energy to remove from service two of five liquefied natural gas storage tanks at its Sabine Pass terminal following a gas leak last month. Tank S-103 at the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana released LNG on January 22 into the spac
Mediterranean Shipping Group (MSC) and Onorato Armatori signed a contract on Sunday with two units of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation to build four LNG-ready roll-on/roll-off luxury cruise ferries. The contract signed with Guangzhou Shipyard International and China Shipbuilding Trading incl
Norwegian salmon producer Nordlaks says it is building the world’s first wellboat equipped with liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion and a battery pack. The wellboat, developed by Norway’s NSK Ship Design, will carry live salmon and trout for Nordlaks. According to a Nordlaks statement, the vessel
Kosmos Energy and BP plan to make a final investment decision (FID) for the Tortue development offshore Mauritania and Senegal, which includes a floating LNG production unit, by the end of this year. This was announced on Monday by Kosmos Energy following the signing of an inter-governmental coopera
