LNG

French contractor GTT has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries to design the cryogenic membrane tanks for Delfin FLNG 1, the first US floating liquefaction and export unit with a planned capacity of 4.4 mtpa. Targeting a 2029 start-up with an estimated capital cost of $2.3 billion, Delfin FLNG has long-term offtake agreements in place with Germany's SEFE, Switzerland-based Gunvor Group, and New York-based commodity trader Hartree Partners.

Delfin LNG has secured a long-term offtake agreement for its second floating LNG vessel offshore Louisiana as British utility Centrica locks in more US LNG supply. Delfin recently reached financial close on its first $5 billion FLNG project, set to add 4.4 mtpa of liquefaction capacity with a targeted start-up in 2030.

Delfin Midstream is close to signing a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the supply of the second and third floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessels for its Delfin LNG export project in Louisiana.

Swiss commodity trader Gunvor has agreed to offtake 0.3 mtpa of LNG from Delfin Midstream’s FLNG1 facility offshore Louisiana over 20 years, pushing the project’s contracted volumes above 4 mtpa as it nears financial close.

Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminals gain traction with global capacity set to reach 42 mtpa by 2030, climbing to 55 mtpa by 2035 – almost four times the 14.1 mtpa recorded last year, research from Rystad Energy finds.

The US Delfin LNG export venture planned for 50 miles offshore Louisiana has made progress with the publication of a report from the US Maritime Administration containing the draft environmental impact statement and project details such as the possibility of employing up to 80 US mariners on the four vessels involved.