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AFRICA
Total awards two LNG agreements to Worley
Worley has been awarded two master service agreements (MSAs) by Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 Limitada (Total) to provide services to the Mozambique LNG Project.
Under the MSAs, Worley will provide in-and-out of country services, including engineering, consulting and specialist engineering for delivery of onshore and o shore (subsea) facilities. e services will support the development of the new LNG facility.
e services will be executed by Worley’s local Mozambique operation with support from Worley’s global businesses including Advisian. Worley has supported the LNG development, located on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado province, since gas was rst discovered there in 2010.
“We are pleased to continue providing services to the LNG development and to support one of Africa’s largest projects. rough the MSAs, we will help Total and its partners in the Mozambique LNG Project meet the world’s changing energy needs,” said Andrew Wood, chief executive o cer of Worley.
WORLEY, February 20, 2020
AMERICAS
Golar Power forms
partnership with BR
Distribuidora
Golar Power and Petrobras Distribuidora (BR Distribuidora) announce today the formation of a Partnership for the development of an LNG distribution businesses in Brazil. e intention is to introduce lique ed natural
gas (LNG) as an alternative to the fuels currently available to Brazil’s cargo and people transportation, industrial, thermoelectric generation, commercial and residential sectors.
Both Golar Power and BR Distribuidora believe that LNG is an innovative and potentially disruptive solution for the transportation sector in Brazil that delivers environmental bene ts as well as important economic gains for customers, society and for Brazil as a whole. Formation of this Partnership coincides with the opening up of Brazil’s natural gas sector and a thirst from society for cheaper, cleaner and more e cient alternatives to the fuels currently on o er.
Partnering BR Distribuidora’s infrastructure and experience in the fuel distribution sector with Golar Power’s LNG industry experience is expected to facilitate the rapid development and penetration
of small-scale LNG solutions across the country.
With more than four decades of experience in the fuel distribution sector, a national network of more than 7,600 fuel stations, 95 bases of supply, operation and distribution, recognition for the size and reach of its activities, for its presence in all regions of Brazil, for having a “Top of Mind” brand of great credibility and for its innovation and pioneering spirit as the rst to commercialise ethanol and to sell compressed natural gas,
BR Distribuidora can legitimately claim to be Brazil’s leading fuel distribution company. Consistent with this pioneering spirit and in line with an aspiration to be at the forefront of a changing energy market and being able to o er the energy that society needs to
get around, BR Distribuidora was already evaluating opportunities to operate in the LNG distribution business in Brazil.
GOLAR POWER, February 18, 2020
LOC awarded multi-year
contract for LNG Canada
project
LOC Group recently signed a multi-year contract with LNG Canada to provide marine warranty surveyor services and vessel quality assurance on the project.
LOC will oversee the transportation of more than 200 modules being shipped to the construction site, from fabrication facilities in Asia.
e project includes the design, construction and operation of a natural gas liquefaction plant, utilities, storage facilities, as well as port construction with marine o -loading facilities and shipping. When completed the LNG Canada Project will become the rst Canadian terminal to export LNG overseas.
e project is located at Kitimat, a coastal community in northern British Columbia, approximately 650 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.
Ewan Browell, LOC Canada Managing Director, commented: “We are very pleased to be working on the LNG Canada Project. LOC has a strong track record of working
on projects of this scale and considerable expertise with marine operations for onshore construction projects. We continue to be at the forefront of the global MWS industry and we look forward to achieving further success in 2020.”
LOC GROUP, February 17, 2020
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