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The new shareholder agreement of the
company was also signed today by the existing
shareholders Mrs. Elmina Kopelouzou,
GasLog Cyprus Investments Ltd, DEPA
Commercial, the company and the new
shareholder.
GasLog was represented by the CEO of
the company, Mr. Paul Wogan and DEPA
Commercial by the chairman of the board,
Mr. Ioannis Papadopoulos and the CEO Mr.
Konstantinos Xifaras.
Gastrade is developing the LNG floating
storage and regasification unit (FSRU)
offshore Alexandroupolis, which will be a
new, independent energy gateway for the
markets of Southeastern and Central Europe.
The station will be located 17.6 km
southwest of the port of Alexandroupolis
and will have an LNG storage capacity of
170,000 cubic meters and a natural gas supply
capacity that will exceed 5.5bn cubic metres
per year. The floating unit will be connected
McDermott awarded FEED Vietnam and recent work for Delta Offshore to the national natural gas system of Greece
via a 28 km long pipeline, through which
Energy were key factors for this contract
contract by Delta Offshore win. McDermott has more than 20 years the regasified LNG will be transmitted to
the markets of Greece, Bulgaria and the
of experience working in Vietnam and will
Energy for gas pipeline in leverage its relationship with local partners wider region, from Romania, Serbia and
North Macedonia to Hungary, Moldova and
to smoothly execute the scope. Three months
Vietnam prior to the award, McDermott commenced a Ukraine.
project feasibility study for the project, which
GASTRADE, August 24, 2020
McDermott International today announced it was converted into the FEED.
has been awarded a contract by Delta Offshore McDermott anticipates the FEED contract Turkish, Russian shipyards
Energy to provide front-end engineering will be converted into an EPCI contract in the
design (FEED) services for a subsea gas first quarter of 2021. partner to launch first LNG-
pipeline. The pipeline will connect a MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, August 26,
regasification platform, located approximately 2020 powered rail ferry
22 miles (35 km) offshore, to the planned
3,200 MW power plant in Bac Lieu Province, Turkey’s Kuzey Star Yard in cooperation
Vietnam. EUROPE with Russia’s Srednenevsky Shipyard have
McDermott has also been awarded the reportedly launched the first LNG-powered
pre-engineering geotechnical and geophysical Participation of rail ferry. It will be deployed between the
survey services being carried out as a part of Russian ports of Ust-Luga on the Gulf of
the FEED scope. Bulgartransgaz in the Finland and Baltiysk in Kaliningrad Oblast,
McDermott’s Houston office is leading according to SeaNews.
engineering services—supported by its Alexandroupolis LNG Named after Marshal Rokossovsky, the
Kuala Lumpur office, which has a long track vessel is reported to be Arc4 ice class and will
record of delivering solutions to customers terminal be able to operate in the Baltic all year round
in Vietnam. McDermott will perform without the assistance of icebreakers.
project management, execution planning The Greek company Gastrade announces the The ferry will be operated by Rosmorport,
and estimation services. Installation studies signing of the agreement for the acquisition replacing the older ferries Baltiysk and Ambal
will be performed by McDermott’s marine of 20% of its share capital by the Bulgarian on the route.
operations. company Bulgartransgaz EAD, operator of the SeaNews added: “Depending on the rolling
“This award illustrates the confidence national natural gas system of Bulgaria. stock type, the ferry can accommodate 36 to
Delta Offshore Energy and its partners have The agreement was signed today in Athens 80 rail cars plus 58 trucks with trailers and 40
in McDermott’s ability to deliver a turn-key by the Founding Shareholder & Chairman trailers. The vessel can also take on board up
EPCI solution for the subsea gas pipeline of the Board of Directors of Gastrade, to 30 reefer 20’ containers.
FEED scope for its Sisyphus project,” said Mrs. Elmina Kopelouzou and the CEO “The 199.9 m LOA 27.4 m beam ferry will
Mark Coscio, Senior Vice President for North, of Bulgartransgaz, Mr. Vladimir Malinov have a draft of 6 meters and will operate at a
Central and South America. “We look forward in the presence of the Prime Ministers of speed of 16.5 knots. It will be equipped with
to expanding our partnership and achieving a the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of two 6,000 kWt main engines and have a crew
successful outcome.” Bulgaria, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mr. of 24. The passenger capacity is 12 people.”
McDermott’s extensive experience in Boyko Borissov.

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