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Cryopeak, Sumitomo sign LNG bunkering MoU

PIPELINES & CANADA-BASED Cryopeak LNG Solutions, Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulations
TRANSPORT a portfolio company of BP Energy Partners, has restricting sulphur content in marine fuel to
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) 0.5%. LNG is just one of several options available
with Japan’s Sumitomo on the development of to ship operators, and there are various obstacles
an LNG bunker fuel supply chain in the Pacific to uptake, including the cost of converting ves-
Northwest. According to a September 21 press sels to run on the fuel, as well as the fact that there
release, the partners would target ports in West- is little infrastructure currently in place for LNG
ern Canada, such as Vancouver, Fraser River bunkering in ports. Nonetheless, some projects
Port, Roberts Bank and Prince Rupert. are advancing, with their supporters touting the
This follows an MoU that Cryopeak signed environmental benefits of using LNG as a fuel,
with Island Tug & Barge (ITB) in July to deliver among others. Indeed, this is one of the benefits
LNG bunkering services in southwest British mentioned by Cryopeak and Sumitomo execu-
Columbia. The two companies said at the time tives in their joint statement.
that they had developed a design for a 4,000 “Both companies are driven by a desire to
cubic metre articulated tug and barge (ATB) that make purposeful and significant contributions
is due to be brought into service in 2023. to environmental improvement and sustaina-
This week’s statement about the MoU with bility,” said Cryopeak’s CEO, Calum McClure.
Sumitomo noted that the ATB would provide “Offering a safe and efficient LNG bunkering
ship-to-ship transfers of LNG to vessels that use solution is critical to the adoption of LNG as a
it as a fuel source and ship-to-shore transfers to marine fuel to the shipping industry.”
small-scale marine distribution infrastructure “We are very proud that the co-operation
in the Pacific Northwest. Under the latest MoU, between Cryopeak and Sumitomo is paving
Sumitomo has agreed to offer Cryopeak’s end- the way towards the development of LNG as a
to-end LNG fuelling services to existing and cleaner marine fuel, especially in Vancouver,
potential customers in ports in the region. one of the most eco-friendly ports in the world,”
LNG bunkering is increasingly being pursued added a Sumitomo department general manager,
following the implementation of International Shu Nakamura.™

Cameron LNG begins restart operations

as US LNG exports rebound

PERFORMANCE SEMPRA Energy, the operator of the Cam- expected to resume around October 8-10. This
eron LNG export terminal in Louisiana, said is in line with comments by the US Army Corps
on September 18 that it had begun restart oper- of Engineers, which has said it plans to finish
ations at the facility. This followed the partial dredging the Calcasieu Ship Channel in the sec-
restoration of power to the site on the same day ond week of October, allowing passage to and
by electricity provider Entergy, after Hurricane from Cameron LNG.
Laura cut power supplies to the region in late The restart of Cameron comes as US LNG
August. exports rebound after a slow summer marked
The partial restoration allowed Sempra to by cargo cancellations and a turbulent few weeks
initiate the testing of systems at Cameron, as of severe weather since late August. As well as
well as beginning the restart process on the first Cameron, Hurricane Laura disrupted opera-
liquefaction train. Sempra’s CEO, Jeffrey Martin, tions at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass terminal.
said on September 17 that he expected Cameron And while no disruptions to liquefaction facili-
LNG to be fully operational again in roughly six ties were reported from Hurricane Sally, feed gas
weeks – around the end of October. flows to these plants dropped to a two-week low
Entergy said this week that it had restored of 3.9bn cubic feet (110mn cubic metres) per day
power to most of its customers in south-west on September 22. This came as Tropical Storm
Louisiana, with around 2,176 outages in Calca- Beta hit the region, subsequently weakening to a
sieu and Cameron parishes as of September 24, tropical depression that day.
down from a peak of around 93,000. By September 24, however, gas flows to LNG
Some of Cameron LNG’s customers were plants were on track to rebound to 5.7 bcf (161
reported as saying last week that loadings were mcm) per day.™

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