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AMERICAS
Delfin given another
extension for Louisiana
FLNG project
e US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Del n LNG a second one-year extension until September 2021 to complete its proposed oating LNG (FLNG) export project o shore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
Del n had initially been authorised by the FERC to build the facility by September 2019. It requested a 3.5-year extension in June 2019, but was initially only granted one more year, until September 2020, to complete the project.
e company requested a second one- year extension in June 2020, and was granted it on July 15. However, even before taking into account the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Del n was running behind schedule, having previously been targeting a nal investment decision (FID) in 2020 and start-up in mid-2024.
e FLNG project would use existing o shore pipelines to supply gas to up to four vessels that could produce up to 13mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG or 1.7bn cubic feet per day of natural gas.
Pilot LNG announces
Galveston LNG Bunker Port
project to provide clean-
burning LNG marine fuel to
portsofHouston,TexasCity
and Galveston
Pilot LNG, a clean energy solutions company focused on providing infrastructure solutions to supply new markets with clean-burning natural gas, announced today the ling of its regulatory applications paving the way for the development of the region’s rst dedicated LNG bunker terminal, Galveston LNG Bunker Port, to be located on Pelican Island. e company expects a nal investment decision on the project in the second half of 2021 and operations starting in 2024.
“Pilot LNG’s Galveston LNG Bunker Port will provide clean-burning LNG to one of
the US’s largest Port complexes,” said Pilot LNG chief executive, Jonathan Cook. “ e proposed Galveston LNG Bunker Port would provide the necessary infrastructure to supply the growing market for LNG marine fuel, substantially reducing marine emissions and cutting shippers’ fuel costs at the same time,” Cook added.
e facility infrastructure will be
designed around oating liquefaction (FLNG) technology to be engineered, and constructed by Pilot partner, Wison O shore & Marine. “Wison is pleased to be part of this breakthrough US project by designing and building the liquefaction unit, that will supply LNGtotheend-usermarketintheGalveston, Houston and Texas City port complex”, stated Vivian Li, head of Wison O shore & Marine in North America. “Since delivering the world’s rst FLNG facility currently operating in Argentina, Wison has developed numerous oating solutions across the LNG value
chain, with a focus on promoting a cleaner energy infrastructure alternative to the global market.”
PILOT LNG, July 16, 2020
ASIA
LNG-fuelled Ishin,
Sunflower Kurenai and
Sunflower Murasaki earn
top energy conservation
rating for Japanese coastal
ships
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL; president and CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that three MOL Group vessels – the LNG-fuelled tugboat Ishin and the ferries Sun ower Kurenai and Sun ower Murasaki – have earned the top rating of ve stars from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)’s energy conservation rating system for coastal ships. e rating is based on LNG-fuelled ships environmental performance, speci cally a reduction of more than 20% in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) compared to vessels powered by conventional heavy oil.
e Ishin, owned by MOL and operated
by its group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., (president: Tetsuro Nishio, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Kobe) and Japan’s rst LNG-fuelled ferries – the Sun ower Kurenai and Sun ower Murasaki – are under construction and slated for operation by Ferry Sun ower (president: Mitsujiro Akasaka; headquarters: Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture)
e three vessels had already earned
the highest rating of four stars under the ministry’s temporary rating system, and with the system in full operation, have once again received top honours.
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