Russia’s first Arc7 carrier completes maiden cargo delivery
Sovcomflot's newly built Arc7 ice-class LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin has completed its first commercial voyage, delivering an LNG cargo from Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 terminal to a floating storage unit (FSU) off Murmansk.
French designer of LNG storage GTT gains Lloyd's Register approval for product for easier FLNG transfers
Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the French designer of LNG storage tanks for ships and for onshore, has been granted approval from UK maritime classification society Lloyds Register for its digital prediction technology for regasification operations involving floating LNG facilities.
BV addresses FSRUs, FSUs
Class society, Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued new and updated notations and guidance to support the conversion and operation of both FSRUs and FSUs.
Bahrain is on track to become LNG importer even after huge oil and natural gas discovery
Bahrain is moving forward with development of its discovery of extensive tight oil reserves amounting to 200,000 barrels per day and deep natural gas resources of between 10 and 20 trillion cubic feet, though the Gulf kingdom still intends to become an LNG importer by 2019.
FSU headed for Malta
Aug 5 (LNGJ) - A floating gas storage unit (FSU), headed for Malta from Singapore, will enable Maltese citizens to “start breathing cleaner air,” prime minister Joseph Muscat suggested. Due to arrive by September, the vessel will store LNG which will then be regasified onshore for use in new gas-fired power plants.
