LEAD STORY
Comments by market participants and academic research point to substantial ‘suppressed’ electricity demand in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, mirroring factors of scale and investment hamper expansion, writes Markets Editor Alexander Wilk reports.
A flurry of LNG tankers has been arriving at Exemplar, a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), brought to Bahia Blanca Gas Port in a rush to mitigate supply shortages in Argentina during the 2021 southern hemisphere winter. In contrast, any surplus shale gas production from Vaca Muerta during the summer gets exported to Asia at favourable economics, our Markets Editor Anja Karl finds.
Also in this issue
June saw weaker LNG flows for the month due to fewer US and Qatari LNG exports and weaker demand in Europe, China and South Korea. Still, year-on-year performance was up, our Markets Editor Alexander Wilk reports.
BRAZILIAN state oil and gas company, Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), has disqualified a tender from Excelerate Energy of the US after it was the only commercial proposal received in the bidding for the Salvador liquefied natural gas import terminal in Bahia state in northeast Brazil.
An LNG fuel tank turnkey retrofit system has received an Approval-in-principle (AIP) from classification society DNV. Technical Editor Ian Cochran reports.
Kongsberg wins two LNGC fleet contracts
Written by AJ KotzeMaran Gas Maritime and NSLM are to include Kongsberg Maritime’s (KM) K-IMS Information Management System across their LNGC fleets. Technical Editor Ian Cochran has more.
MPA expands LNG bunker licensing
Written by AJ KotzeEfforts to increase LNG bunkering capacity in Singapore have been undiminished by the global pandemic over the last year, with plans to expand the range of bunkering licensees, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) tells LNG Journal Fuelling editor Malcolm Ramsay.
