LNG

Future LNG ConRo ship operator Crowley Maritime Corporation this week has christened the first of four new product tankers for US coastal operation, the first tanker to feature ABS “LNG ready” notation.

Cheniere Energy has confirmed that the first LNG export cargo from Sabine Pass will be delayed by up to two months, due to faulty wiring.

The first LNG cargo left the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Curtis Island facility near Gladstone in Queensland on 9th January.

The world’s first Arc7 icebreaking LNGC - the ’SCF Yamal’- was floated out of Daewoo’s Goeje building dock last week.

Europe is set to be the key destination for LNG from the US, after prices fell in Asia, the world’s biggest gas consumer.

On 13th January, RasGas delivered the inaugural LNG cargo to Petronet LNG’s Dahej terminal under a new sales and purchase agreement (SPA).

In a recent tender, Argentina’s state-run energy concern YPF selected Spain’s Gas Natural to supply the bulk of its LNG requirements through March.

An LNGC hull form optimisation project is underway in Brazil aimed at reducing emissions and saving significant amounts of fuel.

Sevan Marine’s subsidiary HiLoad LNG has signed a technology license agreement with Vires Energy Corp to develop an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in the Philippines.

Krishnapatnam Port Co has signed a contract with Petrogas and the Andhra Pradesh government to develop an LNG regasification terminal.