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AFRICA and customised our solutions to meet the also been servicing additional customers in
specific technical and capital expenditure the shipping, over-the-road trucking and
ABB brought on board requirements of the customer. With ABB as aerospace segments.
the main original equipment manufacturer
“With the excellent support we have from
to power Total-led (OEM) for electrical systems, Mozambique our construction contractors, we are excited
LNG Project will benefit in terms of cost-
to commence our expanded operations,
Mozambique LNG project efficiency, maintenance, service as well as particularly for our new anchor customer
beginning its LNG-powered voyages in 2022,”
upgrades and expansions.”
CCS JV, comprising Saipem, McDermott ABB, March 18, 2021 said Tim Casey Senior Vice President – LNG
and Chiyoda, has signed a deal with ABB for NorthStar. “The expansion of JAX LNG
to provide comprehensive integrated and and the construction of the Clean Canaveral
intelligent electrical systems for the east- AMERICAS will allow us to supply our existing customers,
African Mozambique LNG field which is take on new customers and deliver LNG to
expected to start production by 2024. NorthStar announces points anywhere from Savannah, Georgia
With LNG capacity of approximately 13mn to Miami, Florida. The market for LNG as
tonnes per annum, the current development significant progress on a bunker fuel is accelerating as more LNG
will spearhead crucial economic and social powered ships are put into service. JAX LNG
investment for Mozambique. expansion of its LNG and Polaris New Energy are prepared to
Brandon Spencer, president of ABB Energy support the shipping industry’s important
Industries said: “Winning this project is a projects and closing of a effort to reduce its carbon footprint by using
testament to ABB’s technical superiority in LNG, an environmentally friendly fuel that
electrification technologies, as well as our new debt financing facility can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over
highly skilled management and engineering 20%.”
capabilities. We are proud to be part of NorthStar HoldCo Energy, a portfolio Last week, NorthStar, through a newly
Africa’s economic growth story, especially company of funds managed by Oaktree formed entity, Seaside LNG Holdings, LLC,
Mozambique.” Capital Management, is pleased to report closed on a $137mn debt financing facility
ABB’s 26-month project will culminate in that the expansion of JAX LNG and the supporting its interest in JAX LNG and Polaris
a significant installed base in Mozambique construction of the 5,400 cubic metre LNG New Energy. Proceeds from the financing will
for ABB and will involve collaboration articulated tug barge unit (ATB), Clean be used to fund construction of the JAX LNG
across multiple ABB divisions and regions, Canaveral, continue as expected towards expansion and the ATB.
led by ABB in Singapore. Fourteen large being in service by Q4 2021. In addition, NORTHSTAR HOLDCO ENERGY, March 18, 2021
onshore electrical houses (e-houses) or NorthStar recently closed on a $137mn
prefabricated electrical substation buildings debt financing facility to support these LNG NextDecade launches NEXT
(PESB) – specifically designed for oil and expansions.
gas applications, will be built by ABB NorthStar and its partner at JAX LNG, Carbon Solutions
team in Singapore and transported to the Pivotal LNG, a subsidiary of BHE GT&S, are
Mozambique LNG Project site. tripling the facility’s production capability NextDecade announced the formation of
The company will also integrate its to 360,000 gallons per day and doubling NEXT Carbon Solutions, a wholly owned
electrical control and power management LNG storage capacity to fourmn gallons. subsidiary of NextDecade that is expected
system alongside 110kV gas-insulated The JAX LNG facility has been in service to: develop one of the largest carbon capture
switchgears (GIS), medium voltage since the fourth quarter of 2018 and, and storage (CCS) projects in North America
switchgears (33kV, 11kV) and low voltage through its integrated LNG marine loading at NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project;
switchgears. dock, JAX LNG has safely completed more advance proprietary processes to lower the
Johan de Villiers, global vice president, than 150 deliveries of LNG to the Clean cost of utilising CCS technology; help other
oil and gas commented: “We have optimised Jacksonville bunker barge. JAX LNG has energy companies to reduce their greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions associated with the
production, transportation, and use of natural
gas; and generate high-quality, verifiable
carbon offsets to support companies in their
efforts to achieve net-zero emissions.
NEXT Carbon Solutions’ CCS project is
expected to reduce permitted CO2 emissions
at Rio Grande LNG by more than 90%
without major design changes to the Rio
Grande LNG project. As a result, Rio Grande
LNG is expected to be the greenest LNG
project in the world.
“Efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas
emissions are at the very foundation of our
company,” said Matt Schatzman, NextDecade’s
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The
launch of NEXT Carbon Solutions comes

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