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AFRICA for three additional RNG facilities with agenda. Its first tasks will be to prepare a
construction to begin shortly. Kinetrex is publication on the pathway to green ammonia
Algeria’s LNG exports up the leading supplier of liquefied natural gas and a regional dashboard tracking trade
patterns to measure the multi-faceted impact
(LNG) in the Midwest and a rapidly growing
6.9% y/y in Q2 2021 player in producing and supplying RNG of conversion to gas as marine fuel. This
dashboard will build on an existing East Coast
under long-term contracts to transportation
Algeria’s LNG exports are projected to grow service providers. The company will continue Australia dashboard developed by DNV,
further in the second half (July-December) of operations as Kinetrex Energy, a Kinder released late 2020.
the current year following a 6.9% year-on-year Morgan company. Capt. Walter Purio of P&H Marine has
surge to 3.1mn tonnes in the second quarter “We are very pleased to be adding Kinetrex been named as the first chairperson of the
(April-June) of 2021. That was a 3.1% quarter- Energy’s business to the full suite of energy committee, with vice chairs from three sub-
on-quarter growth compared to the first solutions and services that Kinder Morgan regions: Tony Brooks of BE&R Consulting
quarter (January-March) of this year, said the has to offer customers,” said Energy Transition (Australasia); Chetan Sood of Eastern Pacific
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Ventures President Jesse Arenivas. “We’re Shipping (Southeast Asia) and Jose Navarro of
Countries (OPAEP) in a recent report. The confident that additional RNG opportunities Lloyd’s Register (North Asia).
annual growth in LNG exports was fuelled by will continue to emerge in the near term and Mark Bell, General Manager, SGMF, added:
the commissioning of the Skikda gas project, deliver attractive returns to our shareholders.” “The APAC Committee represents a vital step
which contributed around 1mn tonnes to KINDER MORGAN, August 20, 2021 for SGMF into regional representation and
exports during the second quarter of 2021 we look forward to robust strategic discussion
after a shutdown of several months last year. to supplement the ongoing output from our
The Arzew project produced 2.1mn tonnes, ASIA Technical and Environmental Committees.”
increasing the country’s LNG export capacity The committee draws on a diverse
during the second half of 2021. SGMF supports growth range of perspectives across SGMF’s APAC
membership, which comprises around
of gas as marine fuel in shipowners, ports and shipyards. Other
AMERICAS 35 companies from segments including
Kinder Morgan closes Asia with first regional committee members come from companies
including BHP, Rio Tinto, China Classification
Kinetrex Energy acquisition committee Society, Korean Register, MPA, Petronas,
Woodside Energy, ENN and Pilbara Port
Kinder Morgan today closed on its previously The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) Authority.
announced acquisition of Kinetrex Energy. has set up its first regional committee to The newest members, BHP and Rio Tinto,
The $310 million acquisition includes two facilitate cooperation and information sharing bring world-leading expertise and scale in dry
small-scale, domestic LNG production and as uptake of LNG ship fuel surges in the Asia bulk. The companies are driving the uptake
fueling facilities, a 50% interest in a landfill- Pacific. of LNG fuel in their sector, each recently
based renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in The new body held its first meeting on signing long-term charters for multiple gas-
Indiana, and signed commercial agreements June 22 and already has an ambitious work fuelled ‘Newcastlemax’ vessels. These APAC
trades will help build the infrastructure and
experience required for future growth in
gas-fuelled shipping, as well as highlighting
the critical role that APAC plays in the global
development of gas as a marine fuel.
Banu Kannu, Membership & Engagement
Manager – APAC, SGMF, said: “The region
has much to offer the global gas as marine
fuel community and we are looking forward
to facilitating critical conversations and
producing relevant output through the work
groups formed in the APAC Committee.”
THE SOCIETY FOR GAS AS A MARINE FUEL,
August 23, 2021
JERA starts hydrogen
utilisation demonstration

project at an LNG thermal

power plant in Japan

JERA has received notice of acceptance of its
grant application to conduct a demonstration

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