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boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration safety regulation.
LR will assist in developing a complete life cycle Pressure Equipment Safety Management Plan, from vendor selection through to the module yard, as well as the final handover to LNG Canada at the Kitimat Site which will be used to support the project ASA application. LR, April 6, 2020
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Klapeidos Nafta: Cleaning works of the port’s water area by the LNG terminal were completed
The maintenance dredging works in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating storage and regasification unit terminal were completed in the southern part of Klaipeda Seaport earlier than planned. So, the floating storage and regasification unit Independence renewed its activities successfully on Monday in its usual location.
“The maintenance dredging works were smooth and the contractor managed to
finish them earlier than planned. We were cleaning silt from the LNG unit’s pit for the third time since beginning of operation of the terminal. It is a pleasure that former decisions to deepen the water area under the vessel Independence down to 16 m were justified. Thus, the conditions were created to carry out maintenance dredging works and to tug the vessel as rarely as possible,” said director for infrastructure of Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, managing director at interim, Mr. Vidmantas Paukste.
The maintenance dredging works in the
LNG pit by Kiaules Nugara continued for four days. They were performed by the Belgian company “Jan De Nul NV”. In total, 50 444 m3 of silt soil were excavated in the LNG area. At that time, the floating storage and regasification unit Independence was tied by the quay used by AB “Klaipedos Smelte”.
Mr. Darius Silenskis, managing director of KN (Klaipedos Nafta/Klaipeda Oil), expressed his joy that the maintenance dredging works performed in maximum speed allowed resuming operation of the LNG terminal early on Monday morning.
“We are happy that all the technical inspection works scheduled for temporary removal of the LNG vessel were carried out smoothly and on time. The floating storage and regasification unit Independence returned to its usual location by the island of Kiaules Nugara at weekend and it was reconnected
to gas-supply system and gas-transmission equipment. The gas supply to the users will
be renewed on Monday morning,” says D. Silenskis.
The part of the water area in front of the LNG terminal’s quay was deepened in 2013. The projected depth reaches 16 m here. When operation of the LNG terminal was started, the dredging works of the water area were performed in 2015, 2016 and 2020, in order to maintain the projected depths.
The dredger that was brought to the port will continue maintenance dredging works in the port’s water area, and the projected depths will be restored in the ship canal.
KLAPEIDOS NAFTA, April 06, 2020
Novatek reports preliminary
operating data for the first
quarter 2020
Novatek reported today preliminary operating
data for the first quarter 2020.
In the first quarter 2020, Novatek’s
hydrocarbon production totaled 150.2 mn barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 19.08bn cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas and 3,048,000 tonnes of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons produced by 3.1mn boe, or by 2.1% as compared with the first quarter 2019.
Preliminary natural gas sales volumes, including volumes of LNG sold, aggregated 20.69 bcm, representing a decrease of 6.8% as compared with the prior year period. Natural gas volumes sold in the Russian Federation in the first quarter 2020 were 18.24 bcm, whereas LNG volumes sold on international markets amounted to 2.45 bcm. The decrease in sales volumes on international markets was due
to the decrease of Yamal LNG shareholders’ share, including Novatek’s share, of LNG sales on the spot market, and a corresponding increase of Yamal LNG direct sales under long-term contracts.
The company processed 2,823,000 tonnes of unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky processing plant, representing an increase of 4.8% as compared with the corresponding volumes processed in the prior reporting period. Novatek processed 1,787,000 tonnes of stable gas condensate at the Ust-Luga complex, representing an increase of 1.2% in volumes processed at the facility in the first quarter 2020.
According to preliminary data in the
first quarter 2020, petroleum product sales volumes aggregated 1,696,000 tonnes, including 1,040,000 tonnes of naphtha, 302,000 tonnes of jet fuel, and 354,000 tonnes of fuel oil and gasoil. Novatek sold 1,164,000 tonnes of crude oil and 414,000 tonnes of stable gas condensate.
As at 31 March 2020, Novatek had 0.3 bcm of natural gas, including LNG, and 620,000 tonnes of stable gas condensate and petroleum products in storage or transit and recognised as inventory.
NOVATEK, April 09, 2020
Contract awarded for
Scotland’s first LNG
bunkering facilities
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has awarded a contract to KC LNG, Kosan Crisplant’s division under MAKEEN Energy, to design and install Scotland’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facilities at Uig and Ardrossan.
When completed, the facilities will provide a source of LNG fuelling for two dual fuel
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