Oleksandr Kalinichenko / Shutterstock The U.S. Department of Energy has approved four more LNG export projects in Texas that will add 6.75 billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas export capacity to the United States. The projects, which are still several years out, include Annova LNG (0.99 Bcf/d), Rio Grande LNG (3.61 Bcf/d), and Texas LNG (0.56 Bcf/d), all … [Read more...]
China LNG Force Majeure Rejected as Virus Chaos Sparks Dispute
Photo: Oleksandr Kalinichenko / Shutterstock By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) -- Two of Europe’s biggest energy companies rejected a Chinese force majeure on liquefied natural gas contracts in the latest twist to a drama that’s gripping global commodities markets. Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA didn’t accept the legal grounds for the move by China National Offshore … [Read more...]
Gas Export’s Dirty Secret: A Carbon Footprint Rivaling Coal’s
By Catherine Traywick, Stephen Cunningham, Naureen Malik and Dave Merrill (Bloomberg) --In May, while President Donald Trump toured a new $10 billion plant designed to prepare natural gas for export, he made a vow. Such facilities would be good for the environment, he said, or they won’t get approved. The president has greenlit 11 projects so far, bringing the U.S. total to … [Read more...]
Yamal LNG’s 15-Vessel Fleet of Icebreaking LNG Tankers Now Operational
The fifteenth and final icebreaking LNG carrier responsible for shipping gas from the remote Yamal LNG terminal in the Russian Arctic has now been delivered. The vessel, named Yakov Gakkel, was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) and is owned and operated by a 50-50 joint venture by Teekay LNG and China LNG Shipping. It is one of six vessel owned and … [Read more...]
World’s Largest LNG Bunkering Vessel Launched in China
Total has announced the launching of its first large LNG bunkering vessel that will be used to fuel gas-powered ships in the Northern Europe. The 135-meter-long vessel, being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding near Shanghai, will have a tank capacity of 18,600 cubic meters, making it by the far the largest LNG bunkering vessel in the world. Upon delivery in … [Read more...]