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current vessels, ensuring smoother, more relaxing travel. The use of LNG fuel will achieve excellent environmental performance, reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% compared to current vessels, and virtually eliminating sulfur oxides emissions.
MITSUI OSK LINES, November 20, 2019
Hyundai Mipo wins LNG bunkering vessel order
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a unit of Hyundai Heavy Industries, said on November 19 it had received an order to build an LNG bunkering vessel that is due for delivery in January 2022.
The vessel will have a length of 166 metres, a width of 24.4 metres and height of 12.9 metres and a capacity of 18,000 cubic metres.
The company said the vessel would be equipped with a dual-fuel engine, with boil- off gas as its main fuel. The customer has not been disclosed.
Last year, Hyundai Mipo delivered a 7,500 cubic metre LNG bunkering ship to Germany’s Bernhard Schulte.
AUSTRALASIA
Origin planning to boost Australian onshore exploration, APLNG production
Australia’s Origin Energy said on November 20 that it was planning to step up its Australian onshore exploration efforts, and was also anticipating higher output at its Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project.
The company increased its production guidance from its stake in Australia Pacific LNG to around 690-710 petajoules (PJ) in the 2020 fiscal year, compared to its earlier forecast of 680-700 PJ.
Origin said in an investor briefing that
it was targeting to maintaining strong production at APLNG over the next 3-5 years, and could use spare upstream capacity to boost output further.
Strong production at APLNG has already helped offset weakness in other areas of Origin’s energy business, which has been hit by growing competition and the Australian government’s move to introduce retail power price caps.
APLNG is a joint venture between Origin, US-based ConocoPhillips and China’s Sinopec. The project is the largest producer of LNG in eastern Australia.
Origin has started drilling in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory. The company said exploration was progressing well and that the first results were expected in the fourth quarter of the 2020 fiscal year.
EUROPE
Chart builds Europe’s
largest public LNG vehicle
fuelling station
Chart Industries completed the installation and commissioning of Europe’s largest LNG fuelling station for Alternoil. Alternoil will operate the fuelling station, which is located on Germany’s main A1 highway near the city of Bakum, following final approval by local authorities, expected in December 2019.
Chart’s proprietary “Saturation on the Fly” (SoF) technology eliminates methane
emissions to atmosphere and recognises both spark ignited and compression engines which allows the station to fuel all LNG trucks, regardless of original equipment manufacturer or brand.
SoF also improves the station’s overall energy management and provides a total refuelling time consistent with equivalent diesel engine vehicles.
“We continue to contribute to the development of the global LNG infrastructure ranging from liquefaction to marine to transportation,” stated Jill Evanko, Chart’s CEO. “Alternoil GmbH continues to
offer maximum operator convenience through flexible, full-service truck centers that incorporate full integration of Chart equipment with other aspects of the station, including Alternoil’s cashless payment system.”
Alternoil is planning further LNG filling stations in their intended German network, including in Fulda, Cologne, Hamburg, Bremen and Remscheid.
CHART INDUSTRIES, November 14, 2019
Gasum expands their
maritime fuel supply by the
new Swedegas’ facility in
the port of Gothenburg
Gasum, the leading Nordic supplier of small scale liquefied natural gas (LNG), announced that they have agreed with Swedegas to
use Swedegas’ facility for liquefied gas for bunkering of LNG fueled vessels. Swedegas’ gas infrastructure at the jetty of the Energy Port in Gothenburg enables Gasum to broaden their services to meet the increasing LNG demand in the maritime sector. This demand comes from stricter climate and environmental goals in the maritime sector.
On October 24 the first bunkering took place of the oil and chemical tanker Tern Ocean. Tern Ocean is chartered by Preem and she loaded her cargo simultaneously from Preem’s refinery in Gothenburg.
“For years we have bunkered LNG at the quayside from diversified delivery points
in the Nordics”, explains Jacob Granqvist, sales director in Gasum. “The benefit of the Swedegas set-up is that our customers can solve two issues at the same time, both getting fuel and handle cargo. Increased operational efficiency is important in the maritime sector and we are happy to make it possible.”
The agreement with Swedegas falls into the company’s plans to expand its maritime LNG services. From the jetties 519 and 521 in
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