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AMERICAS identifying suitable dock space for shore- design and operational modes.
to-ship fuelling operations, obtaining the The LNGC will be highly flexible and the
HAM and Lipigas build necessary permits and approvals, identifying entire vessel design will be optimised around
a compact, electrified, integrated, and efficient
and educating potential customers, and
Chile’s first LNG gas station executing LNG fueling events. Stabilis will propulsion power solution that will lead to
deploy its existing fleet of mobile cryogenic
a significant reduction in CO2 emissions
HAM Chile, a subsidiary of HAM Group, assets, including LNG transportation and immediately. The design will also be ready
has been the company in charge, together distribution equipment, and provide LNG to efficiently integrate new technologies
with Empresas Lipigas, of the design, from its liquefaction facility George West, in the future in order to stay ahead of the
construction and commissioning of the Texas to support LNG fuelling operations. requirements of CII.
first LNG service station in Chile. The LNG bunkering services are expected to be WÄRTSILÄ, September 13, 2021
service station, which incorporates the latest available at PILOT in early 2022.
innovations in this type of facility, is located “Stabilis is excited to partner with PILOT
at the facilities of Transportes San Gabriel, to bring marine bunkering to the western Gulf EUROPE
Linares, Maule Region, very close to Ruta Coast region,” said Westy Ballard, president
Cinco Sur (Panamerican Highway in Chile), and CEO of Stabilis. “With the addition of Russian investment in
which is part of the main artery of land PILOT to our network, Stabilis is now able to
communication in the country. provide LNG bunkering services throughout Zvornik worth BAM75mn
This project has been possible thanks to much of the Gulf Coast.”
Lipigas, Transportes San Gabriel and the “PILOT is committed to being a leader The prime minister of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s
multinational AB InBev, a company that will in environmentally sustainable marine Republika Srpska, Radovan Viskovic, has
incorporate 35 trucks of liquefied natural gas operations,” added Scott Brown, chairman and agreed with the management of Gazprom
to its fleet, which will refuel at the new service CEO of PILOT. “Offering clean LNG fuel to SPG on the establishment of a joint venture
station, contributing to a reduction of more our customers in Port Isabel is an important to build a natural gas liquefaction plant in
than 800 tons per year of CO2 emissions and step in that process. We look forward to Zvornik, an investment worth BAM75mn
an 80% reduction in fine particles. working with the Stabilis team.” (€38.35mn), a statement from the government
Esteban Rodríguez, Lipigas business STABILIS SOLUTIONS, September 16, 2021 of Republika Srpska said.
manager, explained during the inauguration The Bosnian entity signed an agreement
that “Liquefied natural gas is a real option with the Russian company on the
for reducing CO2 in long-distance heavy ASIA development of natural gas liquefaction
transport, thus contributing to sustainable projects back in 2017.
development, with the design of efficient Wärtsilä to support Hudong- “Continuation of co-operation has been
energy solutions that help to face the challenge agreed with the aim of realising a joint project,
of reducing emissions to the environment”. Zhonghua and ABS to i.e. construction of a plant for natural gas
HAM CHILE, September 14, 2021 liquefaction in Zvornik,” the statement said.
“Our partners have secured the land in
Stabilis Solutions adds develop IMO2050 CII-ready Zvornik where construction of this plant
LNG carrier
is planned, which is an investment worth
third Gulf Coast LNG marine The technology group Wärtsilä will BAM75mn,” Viskovic stated.
bunkering location by collaborate with ABS and Hudong-Zhonghua Options taken on additional
Shipbuilding (HZS) to develop a flexible,
partnering with PILOT (Port future-proof, and modular LNG Carrier Knutsen OAS LNG Carriers
(LNGC) vessel concept. The pioneering design
Isabel Logistical Offshore approach for the Multi-Fuel Electric vessel is results in three more
intended to deliver immediate CO2 savings,
Terminal) and to be ready for the adoption of future
decarbonisation technologies to support the
Stabilis Solutions, a leading provider of energy marine industry’s ambitions towards zero- Compact Reliq orders for
transition services including liquefied natural emission shipping. Wärtsilä
gas (LNG) and hydrogen fuelling solutions, Wärtsilä’s Integrated Systems and Solutions
and Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal experts are working alongside specialists The technology group Wärtsilä will supply
(PILOT or the Port) in Texas and have entered from ABS Global Simulation Center and three reliquefaction plants, the newly
into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Global Sustainability Center in Singapore, developed Compact Reliq, for three new LNG
to facilitate the use of LNG as a marine fuel at Houston and Athens and HZS’ R&D and Carrier vessels. The ships are being built at
the Port. This will be the third LNG marine LNGC design team in Shanghai to evaluate the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI)
bunkering location that Stabilis supports on the vessel’s performance against the IMO’s shipyard in South Korea for Norway-based
the Gulf Coast. Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) up to at Knutsen OAS Shipping, and represent options
Under the terms of the MoU, Stabilis least 2050. This involves the use of advanced taken following an earlier order for two such
and PILOT will work together to provide multi-physics modelling and simulation, and vessels.
turnkey LNG fuelling solutions to marine the application of various decarbonisation The orders for three more systems were
vessels calling on the Port, including technologies and solutions to the vessel’s booked in July and August 2021 and the

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