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GLNG
NEWS IN BRIEF
GLNG
Freeport LNG Development.
“We continue to advance the Freeport
LNG Project with another significant accomplishment, the commercial operation of Train 2,” said Mark Coscio, McDermott’s Senior Vice President for North, Central and South America. “Congratulations to the joint venture project team who has maintained a commitment to safety and quality. Now we turn our full attention to delivery of the final train.”
Zachry Group, as the joint venture lead, partnered with McDermott for the Pre-FEED in 2011, followed by FEED works to support the early development stage of the project as a one-stop shop solution provider for Trains 1 and 2. Later Chiyoda joined the joint venture partnership for work related to Train 3. The project scope includes three pre-treatment trains, a liquefaction facility with three trains, a second loading berth and a 165,000 cubic metre full containment LNG storage tank.
Freeport LNG Train 3 remains on track to meet its previously announced schedule, with initial production of LNG scheduled for Q1 of 2020.
MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, January 17, 2020
ASIA
Beijing Gas receives
permission to build LNG
terminal in Tianjin
Chinese state-owned gas distributor Beijing Gas Group has obtained central government approval to build a 5mn tonnes per year (tpy)
LNG receiving terminal in Nangang district, Tianjin city. The facility will add new LNG receiving capacity in the Bohai Rim region, which consumers the largest amount of natural gas in China.
The facility is due to be put into service at the end of 2022. It will be an emergency peak- shaving reserve project, consisting of a dock capable of receiving LNG shipments up to 260,000 cubic metres, 10 storage tanks, each with a capacity of 200,000 cubic metres and a 229-km pipeline linking the terminal with its gas storage tanks in Beijing.
India’s Mundra LNG to
receive first cargo this
week
India’s Mundra LNG terminal in Gujarat State was preparing to receive its commissioning cargo earlier this week.
“The terminal will receive a commissioning cargo on January 22. Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. (GSPC) has booked
a cargo from Qatargas which is expected to arrive soon,” two senior state government officials were reported by local media as saying.
The terminal was backed by the state government, and built at an estimated cost of INR50bn, is the country’s sixth and Gujarat’s third LNG terminal to enter service. It has
the capacity to regasify 5mn tonnes per
year (tpy). The state owns roughly a 75% stake in the project through various Gujarat government-run companies, including GSPC. Adani Group holds the remaining 25% stake in GSPC LNG.
EUROPE
Cryostar, KC LNG awarded
contract to build LNG
facility in Antwerp
Cryostar and KC LNG have been awarded a contract to build an LNG ship bunkering and truck fuelling facility in Antwerp, Belgium. The city is Europe’s top breakbulk port.
The project’s owners are Fluxys, G&V, Titan LNG and Rolande.
Cryostar and KC LNG are due to commission the LNG facility in the first quarter of 2020. The facility will allow its owners to substantially widen the LNG fuelling options at quay 526/528 in the port of Antwerp, where currently truck-to-ship bunkering is offered, Cryostar said on its website.
LNG-powered inland waterway ships will be able to dock at quay 526/528 for bunkering from a fixed storage unit and LNG powered trucks will also be able to refuel at the facility.
Cryostar added that from mid-2020, the FlexFueler002 LNG bunkering barge would become operational in the greater Antwerp port area, enabling ship-to-ship LNG bunkering on a larger scale.
Wärtsilä LNG Bunkering
& Fuel Supply System Simulator launched to raise training levels
The technology group Wärtsilä is launching its new LNG Bunkering & Supply System simulator. The simulator will promote greater safety onboard LNG fuelled vessels by improving the level of training for operators of LNG systems. The design is based on the well proven Wärtsilä LNGPac and Gas Valve Unit (GVU) technologies, and includes
all auxiliary systems used in connection
with the fuel supply. The design is also in accordance with the STCW requirements for training seafarers onboard gas fuelled ships to standards demanded by the IGF Code – the international code of safety.
The official launch of the Wärtsilä LNG Bunkering & Supply System simulator takes place at the Global LNG Bunkering Summit 2020 conference, being held in Amsterdam from January 28 to 30.
The scope of simulation includes all operations related to the use of LNG fuel,
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