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Novatek picks suppliers for next Arctic LNG project
PROJECTS & COMPANIES
RUSSIAN gas firm Novatek has selected sup- pliers for one of its new LNG export projects in the Arctic, Kommersant reported on March 16, citing sources.
The Obsky LNG terminal, consisting of three 1.6mn tonne per year (tpy) liquefaction trains, is due to start operations in either late 2022 or early 2023. Novatek has said before that it aims to take a final investment decision (FID) on the venture this year.
According to Kommersant, the company has awarded a joint contract worth €130mn ($145mn) to Germany’s Siemens and local man- ufacturer Kazankompressormash for the supply of key equipment. Siemens will provide seven of its SGT-700 model gas turbines for the plant, while Kazankompressormash, a subsidiary of Russian engineering group HMS, will supply 10 compressor units capable of working in low Arc- tic temperatures.
Novatek will also pay the pair to service the equipment over a 20-25 year period. In addition, the producer has selected ZiO-Podolsk, a subsid- iary of Russian nuclear firm Rosatom, to manu- facture cryogenic heat exchangers for the project.
As of press time, neither Siemens,
Kazankompressormash nor Novatek had commented on the matter. However, Rosatom confirmed to Kommersant that it had taken part in a competition for the supply of the heat exchangers.
Novatek launched its first LNG export termi- nal Yamal LNG in late 2017, and aims to bring its second on stream, Arctic LNG-2, in 2023. Both projects rely heavily on foreign equipment and technology.
The company had intended to build Obskiy LNG with only minimal foreign assistance, although the award to Siemens suggests this will not be the case. But the terminal will still showcase Novatek’s proprietary liquefaction technology, known as Arctic Cascade. The tech- nology will be used for the first time at a 0.9mn tpy fourth train at Yamal LNG. The terminal had been slated to start operations by the end of last year, but commissioning is running behind schedule, reportedly because of unrelated design errors.
The Arctic Cascade technology will need to be modified for the larger size of Obskiy LNG’s trains, according to Kommersant, requiring Novatek to secure an additional patent.™
AMERICAS
MoU signed to promote LNG as a marine fuel
On March 5, 2020, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and the Tomakomai Port Authority to promote the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel and the provision of LNG bunkering services at the Port of Vancouver and Port of Tomakomai.
The provision of LNG fuel for ships transiting between the ports of Vancouver and Tomakomai will reduce air emissions from shipping, protecting air quality in
port communities, while also reducing contributions to global climate change. The Port of Vancouver and the Port of Tomakomai will actively exchange information and expertise on LNG bunkering, including
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technical procedures and best practices, and where feasible, coordinate port requirements and guidelines for LNG bunkering to facilitate use of LNG marine fuel in both ports.
The development of LNG bunkering services in the Port of Vancouver and Port of Tomakomai will enable adoption of LNG as a marine fuel by ships engaged in trans-Pacific trade.
PORT OF VANCOUVER, March 13, 2020
Cheniere Energy, the
United States’ largest
LNG exporter, selects GEP
SMART ® procurement
software
GEP, a leading provider of procurement software and procurement services to Fortune
500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced today that Cheniere Energy has selected GEP SMART® procurement software, the industry’s leading cloud-native direct and indirect procurement software platform.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Cheniere is the latest market-leading enterprise to select GEP SMART. After a thorough selection process, Cheniere chose the GEP SMART unified procurement software platform to enable its sourcing, contracting, project and supplier management functions.
GEP SMART is a unified, cloud-native source-to-pay platform, built on a data-centric foundation with AI at its core and user-first design.
GEP SMART enables Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients drive optimum efficiency, agility, visibility, and actionable intelligence into all procurement and purchasing functions, while eliminating burdensome infrastructure and support costs, to achieve
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