LNG

Silverstream Technologies, the London-based leader in air lubrication technology, has signed a deal with China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) to install its system on four Chinese LNG newbuilds being constructed at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) yard in northeast China.

June 24 (LNGJ) - French LNG storage tanks technology company GTT has received an order from the shipyard in China of Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) for the design of two LNG carrier membrane tanks for CMES LNG Carrier Investment Inc. GTT said this was its first project for the construction of an LNG carrier at the Dalian yard.

   “These two LNG carriers will each have a total LNG tank capacity of 175,000 cubic metres and will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system developed by GTT,” said the Paris-based firm. The deliveries of the vessels are scheduled for the third quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.

China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) said the world’s first LNG-powered very large crude carrier, the “Yuan Rui Yang”, would soon be ready to hand over to Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation after completing its gas trials following successful sea trials and LNG bunkering during the fourth quarter.

Oct 30 (LNGJ) - MODEC Inc. of Japan said it signed a contract with ConocoPhillips (Australia) to provide a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Barossa field, offshore northwest Australia that will supply the Darwin LNG plant. The Barossa FPSO is intended to produce gas and condensate from subsea wells supply Darwin via a gas pipeline.

   The Barossa FPSO is MODEC's largest Gas FPSO to date and will be able to export over 600 million standard cubic feet of gas per day as well as store up to 650,000 barrels of condensate for export. “It has been designed to withstand a 100-year cyclone event at a water depth of 260 metres and will be located some 300 kilometers northwest of Darwin,” said the company. The FPSO hull will be constructed in China at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) in the northeast Liaoning Province.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has granted approval to two Chinese designs related to ship fuel for vessels powered by liquefied natural gas being constructed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Group Co.