LNG Shipping

LNG shipping news – carrier charter rates, liquefied natural gas trade flows, FLNG project timelines, regasification capacity, and fleet order trends.

Friday, July 5, 2013
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News

Nigeria LNG Expecting Court Ruling On Costly Blockade

Nigeria’s liquefied natural gas company (NLNG) is expecting a ruling on Friday on a tax dispute with the maritime security agency, whose blockade of its

July 5, 2013
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
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News

DSME To Build up to 16 Ice-Class LNG Carriers for Russia’s Yamal LNG

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a tender to build ice-class gas tankers for the Yamal LNG project to

July 4, 2013
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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News

China State Shipbuilding Launches First Dual Fuel Harbor Tug

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced the launch of China’s first dual fuel harbor tug, the CNOOC 521,  from their Huangpu Shipyard.

July 3, 2013
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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News

Gas Exporters to Defend Pricing as Courts Reject Oil Link

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest natural gas exporters will seek to defend linking prices to the cost of oil even after courts ruled they

July 1, 2013
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
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News

U.S. Energy Secretary: Market Can Handle Further Cuts to Iranian Oil Exports

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, June 30 (Reuters) – The top U.S. energy official said he believed the oil market could cope with any further reduction of

June 30, 2013
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
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Freeport LNG Seeks Financing for $11 Billion Natural Gas Export Facility

June 27 (Bloomberg) — Freeport LNG Development LP is seeking financing to start construction next year on an $11 billion natural-gas export facility in

June 27, 2013
Total Views: 62

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
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News

Cyprus Aims to Be Mediterranean Energy Hub with New $6 Billion LNG terminal

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, June 26 (Reuters) – Aiming for energy hub status and hoping to reboot an economy hobbled by a debt bailout – Cyprus

June 26, 2013
Total Views: 60

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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News

Daewoo Cuts Steel on Petronas’ FLNG Facility

At South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), first steel was cut yesterday for the hull of Petronas’ first Floating

June 25, 2013
Total Views: 70

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ONGC and Oil India to Buy $2.5 Billion Stake in Mozambique LNG

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd., India’s biggest state-run explorers, will pay $2.5 billion to buy a stake in

June 25, 2013
Total Views: 45

Monday, June 24, 2013
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News

Sinking Rupee Hits India’s Worst-Performing Gas Importer Deals

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Petronet LNG Ltd., India’s worst- performing oil and gas stock this year, is considering slowing contracts for importing

June 24, 2013
Total Views: 37

Sunday, June 23, 2013
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News

Nigeria LNG Bay Is Blockaded by Maritime Agency Halting Exports

Nigeria LNG Ltd. said the country’s maritime regulator issued it a ship detention order today, halting exports and detaining three of its vessels in

June 23, 2013
Total Views: 78

Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Gazprom Set To Compete In Asia LNG Market

By Melissa Akin and Denis Pinchuk ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 21 (Reuters) – Gazprom is ready to take on potential Russian and Australian rivals for

June 22, 2013
Total Views: 52

Friday, June 21, 2013
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News

Gazprom Announces Plan to Build 13 Ice-Class LNG Carriers, New Strategic Partnerships

  In St. Petersburg, Russia, it was a day of signatures and handshakes as strategic partnerships were formed between Russian energy major Gazprom, JSC

June 21, 2013
Total Views: 103

Thursday, June 20, 2013
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News

LNG Market Faces Period of “Unprecedented” Tightness – IEA

(Bloomberg) — Global liquefied natural gas markets will face “unprecedented” tightness this year and next as incremental LNG demand from Asia

June 20, 2013
Total Views: 38

Monday, June 17, 2013
Operator: Polish LNG Terminal To Overcome Delays, Meet Deadlines
Ports

Operator: Polish LNG Terminal To Overcome Delays, Meet Deadlines

Poland has sped up work on a terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it aims for a 2015 start date for receiving shipments from suppliers such as Qatar,

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 36

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News

Chevron-Led Angola LNG Ships First Gas After 18-Month Delay

June 16 (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp.’s $10 billion Angola LNG plant shipped its first cargo today after an 18-month delay prompted by fires, labor

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 361

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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LNG Ship Rates Seen Unprofitable Over Next Two Years

Spot rates to ship liquefied natural gas will be unprofitable in the next two years as shorter voyages curb demand and new vessels join the fleet, according to

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 27

Monday, June 10, 2013
Harvey Gulf to Build United States’ First LNG Bunkering Facility at Port Fourchon
Offshore

Harvey Gulf to Build United States’ First LNG Bunkering Facility at Port Fourchon

New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International has secured plans to construct and operate the United States’ first LNG marine fueling facility out of Port

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 142

Sunday, June 9, 2013
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News

Teekay’s LNG Carrier Newbuilds Gain 5-Year Charter Contracts

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) has announced that it has entered into two, five-year time-charter contracts with Cheniere Marketing, LLC to provide them

June 9, 2013
Total Views: 27

Friday, June 7, 2013
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Ship Design

LNG Bunkering – Jahre Marine Announces First Vessel

Jahre Marine AS signed a new building contract today with the chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng for building the first seagoing LNG carrier for bunkering and

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 131