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Petronas works with Tiger ClassNK issues four AiPs under a ten-year charter agreement signed
by Excelerate Energy and Gasgrid Finland in
Gas on LNG bunkering for GTT projects May 2022.

PETRONAS, the leading Malaysian oil and On 6 March 2023, in Tokyo, ClassNK issued The capacity allocation process for the
gas company, recently inaugurated an LNG four approvals in principle (AiPs) to GTT for period between 1 April and 30 September
bunkering business with its long-term partner its latest development projects in alternative 2023 began on 15 December 2022, with
TIGER GAS through its PETRONAS Marine fuels. These included the concept of a 12,500 Gasgrid offering 14 terminal slots of 1,000
brand. The launch of this business marks a m3 LNG dual-fuelled very large crude carrier, GWh. Estonian energy company Eesti Gaas
significant step forward for PETRONAS in fitted with the Mark III Flex system, the reached an agreement to bring seven LNG
promoting the adoption of LNG as a cleaner, concept of LNG fuel tanks with ammonia cargoes to the port of Inkoo in Finland in the
more efficient, and sustainable fuel for (NH3)-ready notation that includes material spring and summer of this year. However,
ships. The partnership between PETRONAS compatibility with NH3, risk assessment Gasgrid has now reduced the total number
and TIGER GAS began in 2020, when the and boil-off gas management, the concept of of planned slots for Q2 and Q3 to 10 due to
two companies signed a sale and purchase an 8,000 car equivalent unit, pure car, truck the limitation of transmission capacity in
agreement to supply the Chinese market with carrier LNG dual-fuelled with NH3-ready the Baltic Connector and expected market
LNG via ISO tanks. notation, and the RecycoolTM system applied demand. Out of these 10 slots, three are free
The recent inauguration ceremony to LNG fuelled vessels. The Recycool system for reservations, and Gasgrid’s unit and the
followed the completion of PETRONAS is designed to allow the reliquefaction of LNG operator of the Inkoo terminal, Floating LNG
Marine’s maiden ship-to-ship LNG bunkering evaporation in order to reduce greenhouse terminal Finland Oy, have invited interested
operation of approximately 500 t of LNG for gas emissions and economic losses. Among parties to submit their bids for the remaining
TIGER GAS’ Tiger Maanshan, the world’s the approvals, the Recycool AiP marked slots. Three slots of 950 GWh are available for
largest dual-fuel deck cargo ship. TIGER GAS a world-first AiP for a system of its kind. April, August, and September.
thus becomes the first Chinese customer of ClassNK conducted verification on these
PETRONAS’ LNG bunkering business. At a accomplishments in accordance with its rules,
commemorative event held at the TIGER GAS including Part N incorporating the IGC Code, Freeport gets greenlight to
office, senior leaders from both companies Part GF incorporating the IGF Code, and its
were present, including PETRONAS Vice Guidelines for Ships Using Alternative Fuels. relaunch final train
President of Refining, Marketing & Trading, Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and
Ahmad Adly Alias; Chief Representative of CEO of GTT, expressed his pleasure at Freeport LNG, a US-based liquefied natural
PETRONAS Beijing Representative Office, having received these approvals in person, gas exporter, has secured regulatory approvals
Lisy Lee; Head of PETRONAS Marine’s LNG confirming the research and innovation work from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Bunker Sales, Mohd Firdaus Bin Kamilrudin; performed by GTT engineers and technicians. Commission (FERC) and the Pipeline and
Chairman of TIGER GROUP, Gerry Wang; Masaki Matsunaga, Corporate Officer/ Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Vice Chairman of TIGER GAS, CC Xue; Director of Plan Approval and Technical (PHMSA) to restart Train 1, the final train of
President of TIGER GAS, Junfeng Xu; and Solution Division, ClassNK, added that it its three-train liquefaction facility in Texas.
Vice President of TIGER GAS, Glenn Qu, was an honour to welcome GTT’s team back The company had previously restarted Trains
among others. to Japan and hand over the AiPs for their 2 and 3 in recent weeks, with both reaching
Alias said: “We are committed to making innovative and inspiring concepts pursuing production levels exceeding 1.5 billion cubic
sustainability the cornerstone of our low and zero carbon shipping upon their feet per day.
operations in China by providing energy rigorous verification process in line with However, Freeport LNG has cautioned
solutions that would help accelerate the the appropriate standards for each solution. that feed gas flows and production rates
progress towards the country’s ‘Dual Carbon’ He congratulated GTT on achieving these may undergo changes due to the duration
goal whilst collectively contributing to milestones and looked forward to continuing of the plant’s outage as it continues to be
the energy industry growth alongside our their partnership in implementing sustainable recommissioned. The company has planned
partners.” energy initiatives. a conservative ramp-up profile to ensure full
The partnership between PETRONAS three-train production is achieved over the
and TIGER GAS began in 2020, when the next few weeks.
two companies signed a sale and purchase Gasgrid reduces number of The facility had been shut down after an
agreement to supply the Chinese market with explosion incident in June 2022. While the
LNG via ISO tanks. This ground-breaking LNG import slots at Inkoo initial restart date was set for early October
solution allows small and medium-sized 2022, it was delayed several times. Despite
businesses located at remote areas access to terminal this, the company has been successful in
natural gas, while helping them achieve their gaining regulatory approvals for the final
sustainability goals. Gasgrid Finland, the Finnish transmission train’s restart.
Wang added: “TIGER and PETRONAS system operator, has reduced the number of Freeport LNG’s liquefaction facility is a
have maintained a sound partnership for planned LNG import slots at the country’s crucial energy infrastructure asset that has
a long time. Today, offshore ship-to-ship first FSRU-based terminal for Q2 and Q3 contributed significantly to the growth of the
LNG bunkering has greatly shortened the 2023. The floating LNG terminal is located in US LNG export industry. With the regulatory
turnaround of LNG carrier vessels, laying the port of Inkoo and is served by Excelerate approvals in place, the facility can now operate
a solid foundation for a more efficient and Energy’s floating storage and regasification at full capacity, providing a significant boost to
greener LNG supply chain. In the future, unit (FSRU) Exemplar. The FSRU has a the LNG market.
TIGER GAS will continue to work together storage capacity of 150,900 m3 of LNG and
with PETRONAS to facilitate the energy can provide over 5 billion cubic metres per
transition.” year (bcm/y) of regasification capacity to
Finland, Estonia, and the Baltic Sea region

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