LNG

Sept 18 (LNGJ) - Royal Boskalis Westminster of the Netherlands said its Smit Lamnalco joint venture was awarded “a substantial 10-year contract with additional extension options” to provide integrated marine services to the first Mozambique LNG project, the Coral floating production venture being developed by Eni of Italy and partners offshore the southeast African nation.

   “This marks the first terminal services contract award for the Mozambique offshore LNG developments,” said Boskalis. The contract value for the Smit Lamnalco unit amounts to around $200 million and services will start in early 2022. The Boskalis company would deploy three new 95-ton bollard pull tugs to provide escort, berthing and unberthing services to LNG carriers at the FLNG facility.

   Coral FLNG is a consortium comprising Eni, ExxonMobil, China National Petroleum Corp., Korea Gas Corp., Galp Energia of Portugal and the Mozambican State Hydrocarbon Company (ENH).

Smit Lamnalco, the Netherlands based international towage and tug company, said it was awarded an exclusive five-year services licence from the Queensland port of Gladstone, where three Australian LNG export plants operate.

May 9 (LNGJ) - Smit Lamnalco, the Dutch tug and towage company. said it was selected by the National Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain to provide marine services to the planned Bahrain LNG Floating Storage Unit. The company said its contract was for 20 years. Smit Lamnalco will deploy four LNG terminal-compliant tugs to provide escort, berthing and un-berthing of LNG carriers at the Bahrain import terminal to be located offshore about five kilometres east of Khalifa Bin Salman port. The Bahrain project is aimed at supplementing natural gas production in the Gulf kingdom and ensuring capacity to meet peak-season demand and industrial growth.