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WWL Sees RoRo Demand Increasing

Feb 26, 2018

On a route with direct competition from LoLo carriers, WWL is shipping power generation components from Brazil to a hydroelectric power plant in Chile.Chile’s electricity system depends mostly on thermoelectric and hydroelectric power, and…

Nakilat Posts 2017 Profit of $233

Feb 25, 2018

Qatar-based Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company) has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017, with a net profit of QR 847 million (about USD 233 million). The earnings per share attained in 2017 was QR 1.53…

GTT Bags Order for Three LNG Carriers, One Bunkering Vessel

Feb 18, 2018

GTT announces it has received several orders, since the beginning of the year, for the equipment of three LNG Carriers (LNGCs) and one bunkering vessel. The three LNGCs, offering capacities ranging from 174,000 to 180,000 m3, will be built…

India's Oil Imports Reach Record High in January

Feb 15, 2018

India imported a record 4.93 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) in January to feed its expanded refining capacity and meet rising demand, ship tracking data obtained from sources and data compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research & Forecasts showed…

Inflation Buiilds, Oil Slides

Feb 14, 2018

Oil fell for a third day on Wednesday, dropping nearly 1 percent on concerns about rising U.S. production and another drop in financial markets after U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected.Brent crude futures fell 55 cents to $62.17 a barrel by 1350 GMT…

Gazprom to Reorganise Export Operations

Feb 12, 2018

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Monday it planned to reorganise its export operations to create an integrated international distribution unit responsible for all of its export deliveries, trading and marketing. Gazprom said in a statement…

Schulte's PRONAV Acquisition Greenlighted

Feb 12, 2018

The Hamburg-based Schulte Group said it has received clearance by the German Federal Cartel Office for the acquisition of the LNG specialist PRONAV.With this strategic move, the family-owned ship owner and manager continues to increase its…

Aker Enters Offshore Floating Wind Market

Feb 09, 2018

Norwegian oil and gas specialist Aker Solutions has invested in floating wind power technology company Principle Power, with the aim to brings its offshore oil and gas field engineering experience to the renewable energy market. Aker Solutions…

Police Investigate 2016 Hydrogen Leak at Statoil Refinery

Feb 09, 2018

Norwegian police have launched an investigation into a hydrogen gas leak at Statoil's Mongstad refinery in October 2016, the company said on Friday.Statoil temporarily shut and evacuated its main refinery on Norway's west coast when a rusted pipe socket ruptured…

DNV GL Advised Partners Group on Offshore Wind Project

Feb 07, 2018

DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has successfully completed a comprehensive due diligence project on the 730 MW Borssele III/IV construction-ready offshore wind project in the Netherlands…

Panama Canal Expects LNG Tanker Traffic to Rise 50%

Feb 07, 2018

The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing the Panama Canal is expected to jump 50 percent by September due to rising exports of the fuel from the United States, the head of the canal's governing agency told Reuters. After adding a third set of locks in 2016…

Port of Gothenburg to Start LNG Facility

Feb 01, 2018

The Port of Gothenburg has launched the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in an effort to open up new opportunities for LNG-fuelled ships. 'Construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility is now under way at the Port of Gothenburg…

Dorian LPG Sells, Leaseback Concorde

Feb 01, 2018

The Stamford, Connecticut-based Dorian LPG  has reached a sale and bareboat charter arrangement for its 84,000 cbm carrier Concorde.  The liquified petroleum gas shipping company entered into the USD 70 million deal that closed on January 31…

Oil Shipments From Georgia's Batumi Port Down 34%

Feb 01, 2018

Oil and related shipments from Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi in January were down 34 percent from a year earlier, an official at the terminal, operated by Kazakh KazMunaiGas , said on Thursday.The official gave no reason for the fall…

Croatia to Speed up Building of LNG Terminal in Adriatic

Feb 01, 2018

Croatia will pass a special law to speed up the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northern Adriatic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday. Croatia produces more than half of its gas consumption, some 2…

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