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CLEANCOR acquires LNG and CNG fuel station to facilitate truck refuelling along California’s I-10 freight corridor
CLEANCOR Energy Solutions, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (SEACOR) and a leading supplier of alternative fuels to over-the- road truck fleets, announced today that a subsidiary completed an acquisition of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station located at 670 Garnet Avenue in Palm Springs, California.
The station is an attended card lock facility servicing over-the-road drayage truck fleets, waste haul companies, and other commercial fleets transiting the Interstate 10 freight corridor. The station has been growing its LNG and CNG fuel supply volumes to a range of truck fleets, including CLEANCOR customers servicing cargo to the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles as well as other locations in Arizona and Southern California.
Jeff Woods, chief executive officer of CLEANCOR, said: “The Palm Springs station is an exciting addition to our portfolio as it serves as a critical refuelling waypoint for existing CLEANCOR customers transiting the I-10 corridor. Its strategic location in California, a leader in clean fuel initiatives, also offers unique growth opportunities
as more over-the-road trucking fleets are incentivised to switch to cleaner, less costly fuelling alternatives.” Compared to diesel fuel, LNG and CNG reduce carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions by 11% and 17%, respectively. “CLEANCOR stands ready to
support fleets in this transition and tailor the design and operation of public and private fuelling facilities for our customers across North America,” continued Jeff Woods.
The Palm Springs station will be branded CLEANCOR Fuels. It has the capacity to expand the number of fleets refuelling at
the station. In addition to LNG and CNG, CLEANCOR provides Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at this fuel station at no additional cost to customers. RNG is generated by capturing and converting emissions from existing
waste sources at dairy farms, landfills, waste treatment facilities, among other sources, and contributes to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
CLEANCOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS, February 24, 2020
ASIA
ExxonMobil, Indian Oil and Chart Industries to pioneer virtual gas pipelines for India
Chart Industries signed a letter of co- operation with ExxonMobil India LNG Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, and Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) focused on pioneering virtual pipelines to accelerate gas access in India. Virtual pipelines deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) by road, rails and waterways not connected by physical pipelines.
In early 2019, Chart signed a memorandum of understanding with IOCL to promote the development of the LNG Market in India, focusing on modular liquefaction, regasification applications, LNG bunkering,
fuelling stations and alternative LNG mobile transportation including ISO containers. This letter of co-operation expands the reach and potential scale within a significantly growing country that has committed to clean energy options.
“We believe this collaboration with ExxonMobil, a major LNG supplier with a local presence in India, coupled with our ongoing work with IOCL will accelerate India’s ability to offer a cleaner energy solution within the growing cities and networks,”
said Jill Evanko, Chart’s President and CEO. “We are excited to offer our cryogenic equipment to support what each party in this collaboration believes will accelerate clean energy progress while doing so with localised equipment manufacturing in India.”
CHART INDUSTRIES, February 24, 2020
EUROPE
US companies in talks on exporting LNG to Montenegro, economy minister says
US companies have launched talks with Montenegro to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe through the country’s Adriatic port of Bar, Montenegro’s Economy Minister Dragica Sekulic said on February 24 as quoted by public broadcaster RTCG.
Earlier in February, the US Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg said that the port of Bar has the potential to become a European hub for imports of LNG.
The US is eyeing the traditionally friendly CEE region as a market on which American gas could replace Russian gas. Thanks to the shale gas boom, the US has an abundance
of gas, which it seeks to export – if the CEE builds region-wide reception, transmission, and storage infrastructure.
“Talks on the potential cooperation in the field of storage and distribution of natural
gas from the United States between US and Montenegrin companies have started,” Sekulic said.
She added that using the port of Bar for transhipments of LNG would have positive effect on the development of infrastructure and industry.
Meanwhile, the port operator Luka Bar has indicated it was considering building an LNG terminal to handle imports from the US.
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