The Gate terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam is expected to handle this week the second cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic. To remind, Gate performed the first-ever transshipment of a cargo sourced from the Russian project in late December. According to the v
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has on Thursday issued a guidance on liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The document named “Guidance on LNG Bunkering to Port Authorities and Administrations” was prepared in close cooperation with the European Commission (DG MOVE), member states and in
A unit of French energy giant Total and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a long-term charter contract for a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel. The vessel that will have a capacity of 18,600 cbm is scheduled for delivery in 2020. It will operate in Northern Europe and will
The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation via a ship-to-ship method has taken place in the Spanish port of Bilbao. LNG-fueled cement carrier, Ireland, received 90 cubic meters of the chilled fuel from the Oizmendi bunker vessel on February 3, according to a statement by the Spanish p
San Antonio-based refining company Andeavor has acquired the Kenai liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Alaska from the US energy giant ConocoPhillips. The company formerly known as Tesoro said the LNG facility, opened in 1969, will be a natural extension of its Alaska operations. “This ac
Shell-led LNG Canada said it had short-listed two international consortiums for the engineering, procurement and construction of its proposed liquefied natural gas export facility in Canada’s British Columbia. LNG Canada said in a statement on Friday it has notified the partnership of TechnipFMC and
Chevron, the US-based energy company and the operator of the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects in Australia, reported a surge in its fourth-quarter profit, mainly due to the recent U.S. tax reform. Chevron is the second US company, following ExxonMobil, to post a surge in its earnings on Frid
The Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Pampa Melchorita shipped five cargoes of the fuel in January. According to the shipping data provided by the state-owned Perupetro, the five vessels in total loaded some 0.34 million tonnes. Two cargoes were shipped to Japan and Spain, each
Houston-based energy company and LNG player, ConocoPhillips reported earnings of $1.6 billion in its fourth quarter of 2017, compared with a loss of $35 million in the same quarter a year before, as oil and gas prices rose. On a per-share basis, ConocoPhillips posted fourth-quarter net income of $1.
US exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from shale gas rose week-on-week, according to the weekly report by the Energy Information Administration. Five LNG vessels with a combined capacity of 18.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) departed Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction facility in the week e
Construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facility started at Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg. The facility will open up new opportunities for LNG-fuelled ships that call at the Gothenburg Energy Port. It will become fully operational during 2018, according to a statement by the Port of Go
Dominion Energy said Wednesday it begun producing liquefied natural gas at its Cove Point terminal in Maryland, the second US facility to produce LNG from shale gas. “All major equipment has been operated and is being commissioned as expected following a comprehensive round of testing and quality as
Trifleet Leasing, the Netherlands-based tank container leasing company, is entering the cryogenic tank containers business with a focus on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company said in a statement on Wednesday that it started building up a cryogenic container fleet and offering a full range of re
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia’s first liquefaction plant, has reportedly launched a tender to sell eight cargoes of the chilled fuel from the export terminal on Sakhalin Island. The cargoes will be split between two tranches spanning from May 2018 to March 2019, Reuters reported on Wednesd
