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and hull scopes of the FLNG facility and as the
operation and maintenance service provider
for the FLNG facility; TechnipFMC as FEED
and EPCI contractor for the FLNG facility
and FEED and EPCI services for the subsea
production systems for the gas resource
development; and Transborders Energy as
manager and integrator of all projects.
TRANSBORDERS ENERGY, January 27, 2021

EUROPE
WinGD’s biggest X-DF

dual-fuel engine awarded

GUINNESS WORLD
RECORDS™ power title
Bjarne Foldager, senior vice president and that it has signed a multi-party and
head of two-stroke business at MAN Energy multi-project FLNG Solution Framework Since the first 12X92DF engine was built in
Solutions, said: “These newbuildings will be Agreement with the following entities for 2019, WinGD has been confident in calling it
fitted with mature ME-GI technology that co-pursuing the deployment of Transborders’ the world’s most powerful dual-fuel engine.
continues to accumulate references across FLNG solution on a range of stranded Now it’s official. The engine series has been
multiple segments. The engines’ fuel-efficiency offshore gas resource opportunities. This awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
and negligible methane-slip tie in perfectly FLNG framework agreement is a first-of- for the most powerful Otto-cycle engine ever
with Hapag-Lloyd’s strategy of sustainability. its-kind collaborative arrangement among built.
As we move towards a zero-carbon future, world class EPCI and O&M contractors, In tests carried out at engine builder CSSC-
the ME-GI showcases our dual-fuel investors and LNG offtakers to collectively MES Diesel Co (CSSC-CMD) and verified
engine portfolio that is future-proofed to commercialise a series of discovered but by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, for the
handle whatever alternative fuels come to stranded offshore gas resource opportunities. official record title, ‘Most powerful marine IC
prominence in the decades ahead.” (In alphabetical order), Add Lucid (Add engine (otto cycle) commercially available’,
The new business follows a series of recent Energy Group); Kyushu Electric Power and the 2,140-tonne engine demonstrated a
ME-GI sales with 5 × 6G70ME-GI Mk 10.5 Kyushu Electric Australia (collectively Kyushu power of 63,840 kW at a speed of 80 rpm.
dual-fuel engines ordered in October 2020 Electric Power); Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL); The super-sized engines fueled from 18,600
for 5 × Newcastlemax bulkcarriers for EPS, Single Buoy Moorings (SBM Offshore); and cubic metre (cbm) tanks, containing enough
the Singapore-based shipping company. Technip France (TechnipFMC). liquefied natural gas (LNG) to sail complete
The previous month, Guangzhou Shipyard Under this FLNG Framework Agreement, Asia to Europe round trip, will propel nine
International Co., Ltd. (GSI) ordered 2 × all parties have: reached agreement on the 23,000 TEU containerships operated by
6G60ME-GI Mk 10.5 dual-fuel engines for 2 terms and conditions of key term sheets in world leading French shipping and logistics
× LR2 tankers for Hafnia, one of the world’s relation to the engineering procurement, company, CMA CGM.
leading, oil-product tanker owners and construction & installation (EPCI) of the These ships are the world’s biggest
operators. FLNG and upstream facilities and the gas LNG-powered vessels. In November 2017,
MAN Energy Solutions states that its low- offtake and liquefaction tolling arrangements Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of
speed, dual-fuel references now exceed 360 that would apply on a range of stranded the CMA CGM Group, decided to make
units, with the ME-GI recording over 1.5mn offshore gas resource opportunities; agreed CMA CGM the first ship-owner to operate
operating hours on LNG alone. to certain preferential rights granted to each ultra-large containers using LNG. These
MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS, January 26, 2021 party such as those related to the investment ships are the result of seven years of research
in and offtake from each project; and and development, and a concentration of
agreed the following roles for each project technological innovations.
AUSTRAL ASIA opportunity (in alphabetical order); Add WinGD CEO Klaus Heim said: “The
Energy Group as FEED and D&C contractor future uptake of LNG as a marine fuel is being
Transborders Energy for the development wells, and as the driven by large merchant vessels with two-
stroke engines, where the savings - and the
operation and maintenance service provider
signs multi-project FLNG for the development wells; Kyushu Electric environmental benefits - are the greatest. We
Power as potential equity investor in the
are delighted with this achievement, which
framework agreement with FLNG facility and as potential offtaker from was made possible by CMA CGM’s strong
vision and close cooperation with engine
the project; MOL as potential equity investor
industry leaders in the FLNG facility and as potential offtaker builder CSSC-CMD and Bureau Veritas. The
from the project; SBM Offshore as FEED and
12X92DF is not just the biggest dual-fuel
Transborders Energy is pleased to announce EPC contractor for the turret mooring system engine in our portfolio – it is now officially the

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