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nearly thirty years of legal experience in the closures will be up to 56” in diameter, weigh system. The equipment is scheduled for
global energy industry having responsibility up to 8 tons each and will be rated to a delivery to the yard during the first half of
for oversight of all legal, corporate pressure of 1,480 psi. 2022.
governance, compliance, litigation, regulatory, The Cherry Point Refinery is the first and WÄRTSILÄ, June 23, 2021
and outside counsel management. She only refinery in the Pacific Northwest capable
was previously a partner in Mayer Brown’s of manufacturing diesel fuel from biomass-
Houston office and a member of the firm’s based feedstocks alongside conventional MIDDLE EAST
Oil & Gas industry group. Ms. de Gyarfas feedstocks to produce ultra-low-sulphur diesel
has extensive LNG industry experience, unit, according to news sources. The refinery Turkey’s first publicly
including having represented Anadarko as sits on 3,300 acres and currently processes
operator of the Area 1 Block and developer of about 230,000 barrels of crude oil each day owned LNG floating storage
an LNG project in Mozambique, structuring from the Alaska North Slope, which makes it
and negotiating investments agreements, the largest refinery in the state of Washington regasification vessel set for
commercial contracts, LNG Sale and Purchase and the third-largest refinery on the West
Agreements, and other activities in support Coast. inauguration
of LNG project developers, buyers, and SYPRIS TECHNOLOGIES, June 21, 2021
investors. Ms. de Gyarfas is US Regional Turkey’s first publicly-owned LNG floating
Director for the Association of International storage regasification unit (FSRU) vessel, the
Petroleum Negotiators and Vice Chair of the EUROPE Ertugrul Gazi, will be inaugurated on June 25
International Committee of the Institute for by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Energy Law. Wärtsilä receives further Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Ms. de Gyarfas is replacing Ms. Krysta Fatih Dönmez said on June 23 at the Yeni Akit
De Lima, who will be leaving the company orders for its LNG cargo Daily Energy and Mining Council in Ankara
effective July 7, 2021, to pursue other interests. that the Ertugrul Gazi would be the first FSRU
NEXTDECADE, June 21, 2021 handling system ship to fly the Turkish flag.
The vessel is owned by Turkey’s state-
Sypris wins awards from The technology group Wärtsilä has received owned crude oil and natural gas trading and
two more orders for its complete LNG cargo
pipelines company, Botas.
two high-pressure energy handling and fuel system. The contract has Hatay province, meeting one-year of
It will connect with facilities in southern
been awarded by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard,
projects the yard building two LNG bunkering household energy demand for Hatay and
vessels for which the Wärtsilä systems will be
Osmaniye provinces, with a natural gas
Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris required. The 18,000 cbm capacity ships have storage capacity of 110mn cubic metres,
Solutions, announced today that it has been ordered by Korea based owners Pan according to Hurriyet Daily News.
recently received orders for specialty high- Ocean and Korea Line LNG. The order with At the event, Donmez, according to local
pressure closures for use in two large projects, Wärtsilä was placed in May. media reports, also spoke of Turkey’s efforts
the Golden Pass LNG Export project and With LNG being increasingly used as an to add more renewables and local energy
the Cherry Point Refinery Renewable Diesel environmentally sustainable fuel for the global resources to its energy mix through public
Optimization project. Shipments under these fleet, there is a growing need for specialised and private sector cooperation along with
awards are expected to be completed during LNG bunkering vessels. Wärtsilä has extensive collaboration with universities.
2021. Terms of the orders were not disclosed. experience and deep know-how in designing “We managed to break several records
The $10bn Golden Pass LNG Export and delivering advanced cargo handling in renewable energy in 2021 when 96.8% of
project will add natural gas liquefaction and systems for such vessels. installed capacity that came online in the first
export capabilities to an existing terminal “We see an increasing adoption of LNG five months of the year came from renewable
in Sabine Pass, Texas, according to the web as fuel, and we are very pleased to have been resources,” he said.
site. The new facility will utilise the existing selected for this project, which allows us to By the end of May, renewables made up
state-of-the-art tanks, berths and pipeline continue our role in developing the LNG 52.6% of Turkey’s total installed capacity and
infrastructure. In addition, new facilities for infrastructure throughout all regions. Our local resources constituted 64.2%, while 56%
natural gas pre-treatment and liquefaction will unrivalled experience and market leading of electricity production came from local
also be constructed. The project is expected to position in the small-scale LNG segment resources, the minister added.
be operational in 2024. and LNG bunkering designs was a key factor “The share of wind energy in total installed
The project will have an estimated send out in securing these new orders,” explained capacity reached 9.9% and Turkey is getting
capacity of 16mn tons of liquefied natural gas Harald Øverland, Sales Manager, Wärtsilä Gas closer to 10,000 megawatts of installed
per year, which is equivalent to approximately Solutions. capacity in wind step by step,” Donmez said.
two billion standard cubic feet of natural gas The complete Wärtsilä solution selected for In May, Turkey broke its monthly solar
per day. The Tube Turns® D-bolt closure has these orders includes the system engineering energy record. The country produced 1,468
been chosen for filtration systems protecting and design, the boil-off gas (BOG) gigawatt-hours of solar power, equivalent to a
three new compressor stations included in management control with an integrated 5.8% share of overall power production.
the Golden Pass LNG Export project. These fuel supply system, and the custody transfer

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