Equinor profits rise led by gas but offset by LNG shutdown and renewables fall as not enough North Sea wind
Equinor’s shutdown of the Hammerfest LNG plant and maintenance at the Peregrino oil field offshore Brazil affected earnings, while higher natural gas volumes were offset by a fall in renewables because there was not enough offshore wind in the North Sea.
Japanese classification society ClassNK issues latest survey guidelines for LNG bunkering vessels
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, the Japanese maritime classification society, has issued its latest survey guidelines for facilities and equipment on liquefied natural gas bunkering vessels supplying fuel to LNG-powered ships at sea.
Total’s LNG ship deal
Oct 28 (LNGJ) - French energy major Total has chartered four Aframax-type tankers equipped with liquified natural gas propulsion. “These vessels, each with a capacity of 110,000 tons of crude oil or refined products, will be delivered in 2023 and will join the time-chartered fleet of Total,” said the company. The first two vessels will be chartered from shipowner Hafnia and the remaining two from Viken Shipping.
The vessels have been designed with the most efficient LNG propulsion technologies to reduce emissions. “This contract follows a similar one, signed earlier this year, for two LNG-powered Very Large Crude Carriers, to be delivered in 2022,” said Luc Gillet, Senior Vice President of Shipping at Total. “LNG as a marine fuel remains the best and immediately available solution to reduce the carbon footprint of our shipping,” Gillet stated.
Russian shipping line Sovcomflot returns to profit amid more LNG carrier and fuel plans
Sovcomflot, the Russian shipping line with 16 liquefied natural gas carriers and an overall fleet of 147 vessels, returned to annual profit amid plans to expand its LNG carrier fleet and its number of LNG-powered tankers.
