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       AMERICAS                            the Golar group, he was the chief executive   industrial gases, electricity and LNG. The
                                           officer of CELSE. Mr. Maranhao has vast   pre-FEED report is a key milestone in
       New management                      experience in international energy projects   accelerating the project’s FEED study, which
                                                                                is already partially completed, with increased
                                           and infrastructure financing having worked
       appointments in Golar LNG           at different financial institutions including   confidence.
                                                                                  G2 Net-Zero LNG, a venture of Chas
                                           Lakeshore Partners, Santander, Credit
       The board of Golar LNG is pleased to   Agricole, Banco Votorantim and Citibank.   Roemer Innovations, is a Louisiana-based
       announce that they have appointed Mr. Karl   Mr. Maranhao graduated in Business   company building the world’s first liquefied
       Fredrik Staubo as the new chief executive   Administration from the Universidade   natural gas export and industrial gas
       officer of the company in their board meeting   de Pernambuco and has completed a   production complex promising net-zero
       on May 13, 2021. Mr. Staubo has since May   Management Programme from INSEAD in   carbon emissions from upstream to dockside
       2020 been the chief executive officer of Golar   France.                 by as early as 2027. In advance of Net-Zero
       LNG Partners, recently successfully sold to   GOLAR LNG, May 13, 2021    LNG production, G2 will be profitably
       New Fortress Energy. Since September 2020                                producing and selling industrial gases,
       Mr. Staubo has also been acting as chief   G2 and NET Power              including argon, nitrogen and oxygen, and
       financial officer of Golar. Mr. Staubo has a                             capturing all CO2 emissions. “On a global
       broad shipping/energy background from   accelerate G2 Net-Zero           basis, there is an increasing demand from
       Clarksons Platou Securities (2010-18) and                                the energy markets for net-zero emissions
       Magni Partners (2018-20). He has a MA   LNG’s project development        projects to be up and running sooner rather
       (Business Studies and Economics) from the                                than later. By employing NET Power’s Allam-
       University of Edinburgh.            NET Power and G2 Net-Zero LNG executed   Fetvedt Cycle, G2 is building new with the
         The board has in the same meeting also   a new letter of intent following the release of   latest technology rather than having to bear
       appointed Mr. Eduardo Maranhao to take   a pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design)   the burden of expensive outdated technology
       over Mr. Staubo’s role as chief financial officer   report last week. G2’s Net-Zero LNG export   and infrastructure,” said Chas Roemer,
       of Golar. Mr. Maranhao has since 2015 been   facility will be the first to integrate NET   Chairman of G2 Net-Zero LNG. “We can
       supporting Golar in different functions   Power’s Allam-Fetvedt Cycle technology   move more quickly than others and will be the
       including as chief financial officer of Golar   which removes all CO2 emissions from the   cleanest and most profitable LNG project in
       Power/Hygo Energy Transition until its recent   natural gas liquefaction process to achieve   the world in the next 5-6 years.”
       sale to New Fortress Energy. Prior to joining   a unique carbon net-zero energy mix of   NET Power’s Allam-Fetvedt Cycle is hailed
                                                                                as a “game-changer” for the LNG industry,
                                                                                and converts natural gas into zero-emissions,
                                                                                cost-competitive power.
                                                                                  Ron DeGregorio, CEO and Board Member
                                                                                of NET Power, said, “NET Power will play a
                                                                                key role in the decarbonization of the LNG
                                                                                industry. We are excited to support G2 Net-
                                                                                Zero LNG’s utilization of our technology in
                                                                                this ambitious and important project.”
                                                                                  “I’ve appreciated working closely with
                                                                                NET Power leadership over the past year and
                                                                                seeing the fruits of our labor come to life as
                                                                                we move even more rapidly into the execution
                                                                                stage,” said Angele Davis, G2 Net-Zero LNG
                                                                                CEO. “We’re all excited about being the first
                                                                                to get this essential technology applied to our
                                                                                LNG liquefaction project, and then getting
                                                                                our product into the market to realise the Net-
                                                                                Zero LNG vision.”
                                                                                NET POWER AND G2 NET-ZERO LNG, May 06,
                                                                                2021
                                                                                NV5 awarded $7mn LNG

                                                                                loading system contract by

                                                                                Southeast utility

                                                                                NV5 Global, a provider of compliance,
                                                                                technology, and engineering solutions,
                                                                                announced today that it has been awarded
                                                                                a $7mn liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading
                                                                                system project by a major Southeast utility.



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