LNG


Friday, August 23, 2024
Energy

U.S. Targets Russia’s LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ in Sweeping New Sanctions Package

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. Department of State announced broad sanctions against Russia’s burgeoning LNG shadow fleet. LNG carriers had begun

August 23, 2024
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Shipping

Maersk Changes Its Tune on LNG

(Bloomberg) — Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is in the process of securing 50-60 vessels as part of its fleet renewal program, including ships

August 7, 2024
Total Views: 3289

Monday, August 5, 2024
Shipping

A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 5429

Thursday, July 18, 2024
Shipping

LNG Carrier Bottleneck Grows On Slow Freeport LNG Restart After Beryl

HOUSTON, July 18 (Reuter) – The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers waiting to load at Freeport LNG in Texas has increased since the U.S.

July 18, 2024
Total Views: 1589

Friday, July 5, 2024
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Shipping

Golar LNG Inks 20-Year FLNG Deal in Argentina

Golar LNG Ltd. has finalized agreements with Pan American Energy (PAE) to deploy a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) vessel in Argentina for a 20-year

July 5, 2024
Total Views: 839

Friday, June 28, 2024
Shipping

After Oil, Russia May Now Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

(Bloomberg) — In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to

June 28, 2024
Total Views: 941

Thursday, June 27, 2024
Shipping

Mounting Evidence Shows Russia Assembling Pieces for Potential LNG ‘Dark Fleet’

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Signs of a Russian effort to ready an Arctic LNG “dark fleet” continue to mount.  An increasing number of

June 27, 2024
Total Views: 7554

Monday, June 24, 2024
Shipping

Russian LNG Shipments via Arctic Resume, Easing Red Sea and Sanctions Constraints

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As Arctic sea ice retreats for the summer months Russia’s Northern Sea Route is again open for business. Days after oil

June 24, 2024
Total Views: 2133

Shipping

EU Adopts New Sanctions Against Russia, Including LNG

BRUSSELS, June 24 (Reuters) – European Union countries adopted a 14th package of sanctions on Russia that aims to close some loopholes and hits

June 24, 2024
Total Views: 598

Friday, June 21, 2024
Shipping

Rare LNG Vessel Sails Through Red Sea Amid Houthi Attacks

SINGAPORE, June 21 (Reuters) – The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker since January is sailing through the Red Sea, just days after Yemen-based

June 21, 2024
Total Views: 2713

Thursday, June 20, 2024
Shipping

EU Sanctions Package Hit Russian LNG, Shadow Fleet Tankers

By Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union has approved a new package of sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, seeking to tighten the

June 20, 2024
Total Views: 1250

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Shipping

China’s LNG Boom Threatened by Alternative Fuels

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Cracks are appearing in the bullish picture for liquefied natural gas demand in China. Global majors like Shell Plc and

June 19, 2024
Total Views: 1718

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Press Releases

Putting Methanol Through its PACES, With a Focus on Safety

By Quaim Choudhury With more than 90% of global GDP now covered by a net zero target, the growing consensus to tackle climate

May 22, 2024
Total Views: 815

Thursday, May 16, 2024
Shipping

China’s Biggest LNG Buyer Expands Fleet for Global Heft

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China National Offshore Oil Corp., the country’s state-owned oil and gas giant, is expanding its fleet of LNG carriers

May 16, 2024
Total Views: 814

Shipping

Red Sea Disruption Is Splitting Global LNG Trade in Regions

(Bloomberg) — It’s been four months since a liquefied natural gas tanker has passed through the narrow strait at the southern end of the Red Sea

May 16, 2024
Total Views: 400

Monday, May 13, 2024
The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class tanker fitted out to transport liquefied natural gas, is docked at the Yamal LNG facility in Arctic port of Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets district, Russia March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova/File Photo
Offshore

What EU Sanctions on Russian LNG Would Mean for Global Gas

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe and its allies have looked for ways to

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 1156

Friday, May 10, 2024
Shipping

Panama Canal in Talks With US LNG Producers to Increase Transit

PANAMA CITY, May 9 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal is in talks with U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers on how to meet

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 1861

Monday, May 6, 2024
Shipping

EU Eyes Shipping, Violations in New Sanctions Package

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, May 6 (Reuters) – The European Union would ban trans-shipment of Russian LNG, the use of EUports by vessels

May 6, 2024
Total Views: 919

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Shipping

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years

May 5, 2024
Total Views: 1835

Monday, April 29, 2024
Shipping

Qatar Inks Record-Setting Shipbuilding Order with China for New LNG Carriers

QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with China State Shipbuilding Corporation for the construction of 18 ultra-modern QC-Max size LNG carriers. Valued at $6

April 29, 2024
Total Views: 2000