Three engines are pulling LNG demand higher, and none of them depends on how the Middle East conflict resolves. The first is North American power.
Finish technology group Wärtsilä will supply engines and its LNGPac fuel gas handling system for a new research vessel, under construction at Fassmer shipyard in Germany. All equipment is due delivered to the yard in mid-2018, for the vessel to enter service in early 2020.