LNG

July 28 (LNGJ) - UK major BP and Austrian energy company OMV have signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement covering supply of up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per annum to the land-locked Austrians for 10 years from 2026.

   “Under the terms of the agreement, BP will provide OMV with LNG from its diverse and global portfolio of LNG, which will be received and regasified through the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where OMV holds regasification capacity, or other terminals in Europe,” BP said.

Sept 17 (LNGJ) - OMV Petrom, the Romanian subsidiary of Austrian oil and gas group OMV, has conducted the first LNG delivery and fuel operation at the Damen Shipyard in the Romanian Black Sea port of Mangalia, the largest shipyard in southeast Europe. “The product was used to fuel a ship equipped with LNG engines. It is the first ship of this type, built in Romania, in the Damen Shipyard,” said OMV Petrom.

   Damen is building two LNG-Hybrid RoRo Ferries for Canadian company Seaspan. The vessel that received the LNG in a jetty-to-ship operation from an OMV LNG supply truck tanker was the “Seaspan Trader”, which is undergoing sea trials. The vessel is scheduled to join Seaspan’s fleet later in 2021.