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AFRICA AMERICAS expensive and made right here in the United
States,” stated Canaveral Port Authority
Chevron announces first Port Canaveral gets Commission Chairman RADM Wayne Justice
(USCG-Ret). “We are proud to be part of
gas from the Alen gas underway as North making this safe secure move to the future in
this region.”
monetisation project in America’s first LNG cruise attached tug is 128-feet-long. The US-owned
The barge is 324-feet-long, and its
Equatorial Guinea port and operated vessel was constructed at VT
Halter Marine Inc. shipyards in Pascagoula,
Noble Energy EG (a Chevron company) Port Canaveral marked a historic milestone in Mississippi and is crewed by US mariners. It
has achieved first gas flow from the safe the safe, reliable transportation and delivery is the first Jones Act compliant ATB built in
and successful execution of the Alen gas of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in North the US that is specifically designed to conduct
monetisation project. The project consists of America as the Q-LNG 4000, a cutting-edge LNG cargo and bunker operations. When the
a 70 km (43.5 miles) pipeline with a capacity ship-to-ship articulated tug and bunker barge Q4K is conducting its ship-to-ship waterside
of 950 million cubic feet of natural gas (ATB) arrived at America’s first LNG cruise bunkering process of a cruise vessel like the
equivalent per day (mmcfe/d) that allows gas port. Nicknamed the “Q4K”, the purpose- Carnival Mardi Gras, it will take place during
from the Alen field, located in the Douala built ATB has been designed, engineered, and the ship’s passenger debarking and embarking
Basin offshore Equatorial Guinea, to be internationally and US certified to provide processes, like conventional refuelling
processed through onshore existing facilities, safe and reliable ship-to-ship transfers of the operations, and last approximately six to eight
maximising development of current and cleaner-burning LNG. The Q4K will operate hours.
future regional gas resources. in Port Canaveral providing LNG fuel to PORT CANAVERAL, March 01, 2021
“As a company, we are proud to be a cruise vessels, notably to Carnival Cruise
strategic partner in this joint effort, and we Line’s LNG-powered Mardi Gras which will
look forward to continue contributing to homeport at Port Canaveral beginning this ASIA
the economic and social development of the year.
country,” said Gene Kornegay, vice president “This project has been four years from China Gas enters into
and country manager of Noble Energy EG. concept to reality and we are excited to
The Alen gas monetisation project is a welcome the Q-LNG 4000 to fuel the next strategic co-operation
key step forward for the country’s envisioned generation of cruise ships,” stated Capt. John
Equatorial Guinea Gas Mega Hub, which Murray, Port CEO. “We have been working framework agreement with
seeks to utilise existing infrastructure and closely with our cruise partners, all the federal
support a thriving world-class gas industry and state regulatory agencies, and industry Sinopec
within Equatorial Guinea. This project leaders to promote this industry initiative.”
facilitates the transport of gas from offshore The barge, constructed in cooperation with China Gas Holdings, a leading piped-gas
production infrastructure to existing onshore LNG fuel supplier Shell Trading Company operator in China, announced today that
facilities at Punta Europa (the Alba plant and and Q-LNG Transport, arrived at Port it has entered into a strategic cooperation
the Equatorial Guinea LNG plant), where it Canaveral recently for a sailing and berthing framework agreement with China
will be processed and converted into LNG, familiarisation exercise. The vessel docked at Petrochemical (Sinopec) on March 4, 2021.
allowing for future discovered resources to be Port Canaveral’s newly constructed Cruise The agreement will enable both parties to
processed in the country, supporting jobs and Terminal 3, which was completed in June join forces and fully leverage each other’s
economic growth, and further solidifying the 2020 but not yet welcomed its first cruise advantages in resources and downstream
country’s position as a key player in Africa’s oil passenger, with the global shutdown of the market, helping them engage in all-round
and gas industry. cruise industry due to the COVID pandemic. co-operation in areas including natural gas
NOBLE ENERGY EG, February 26, 2021 “LNG is the fuel of the future, it’s clean, less procurement, liquefied natural gas (LNG)
receiving terminal utilisation, downstream
gas projects, oil and gas (natural gas and
hydrogen) stations/recharging poles and
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business.
Both parties will therefore seize the immense
opportunities generated from China’s clean
energy development and energy structure
improvement.
Under the agreement, the group will
commence strategic cooperation with
Sinopec in three main areas. In the natural
gas business, both parties will study and
cooperate in the establishment of a natural gas
trading company. This trading company will
be responsible for centralised procurement
from Sinopec’s natural gas resources pool
based on the group’s needs. The parties will

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