Avenir LNG joint venture firm places three LNG bunkering vessels with Wilhelmsen Ship Management
Avenir LNG, the London-headquartered global energy supplier for small-scale projects and gas carriers, has awarded the management of three LNG bunker vessels to Wilhelmsen Ship Management of Norway.
EU LNG shipments
October 10 (LNG) – Two LNG carriers are set to berth in Belgium and the Netherlands with shipments from Qatar and Equatorial Guinea, according to shipping data. The 142,800 cubic metres capacity carrier “Lusail” was berthing on October 10 at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium with a cargo lifted from Ras Laffan.
A second LNG cargo onboard the 156,010 cubic metres capacity vessel “WilPride” was making its way along the English Channel to the Dutch port of Rotterdam with a shipment lifted at the end of September from the West African plant on Bioko Island.
Cyprus holds start ceremony at Vasilikos for first LNG terminal contracted to Chinese and funded by EU
Cyprus has held a foundation stone-laying ceremony at the site of the Mediterranean Island’s first LNG import terminal being built at Vasilikos port near Limassol by a Chinese company and partly financed by the European Union.
Mediterranean Island of Cyprus receives eight bids to supervise China-led LNG import terminal project
The Cyprus Natural Gas Infrastructure Co. (ETYFA) said eight bids had been received for the engineering supervision contract for the Chinese-led liquefied natural gas import project being pursued on the Mediterranean Island for power needs.
Cyprus LNG project
Dec 16 (LNGJ) - The Cypriot Government said a Chinese-led consortium had entered into a 290 million euros ($323M) contract with the Cyprus Natural Gas Infrastructure Co. (Etifa) to develop the first LNG import terminal for the Greek-speaking part of the Mediterranean island. The consortium is led by China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering and also includes Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Greek company Metron and Norwegian firm Wilhelmsen Ship Management.
The LNG terminal, which will include a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), is expected to be completed by the end of 2021 or early 2022. The project has secured 101M euros in grants from the European Union under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), while the Cyprus Electricity Authority will contribute 43M euros to have a 30 percent stake in the project.
