Floating Storage Unit News


EIA: Floating Storage Up, Shipping Routes Altered from Distillate Oversupply

Feb 19, 2016

According to a weekly update from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an oversupply of European distillates is raising the amount of product being held in floating storage, and also causing changes to shipping routes to slow delivery to the continent…

Indonesia to Open Mini LNG Terminal in March

Jan 23, 2016

Indonesia's first mini liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, considered an ideal concept for a gas terminal an archipelago, is set to start operations in March, supplying 40 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas to Bali’s Pesanggaran power plant…

Hoegh LNG Declares Higher Dividend

Jan 23, 2016

Höegh LNG Partners LP announced  that its board of directors (the 'Board') has declared a quarterly cash distribution with respect to the quarter ended December 31, 2015 of $0.4125 per unit.  This represents an increase of $0.075 per unit…

Petrogas to Establish LNG terminal in Andhra

Jan 12, 2016

Petrogas Private Limited, a joint venture company between Isomeric Holdings Bhd from Malaysia and LEPL Ventures Pvt Ltd (LEPL) from Vijayawada, has signed a facilitation MoU with Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL) and Andhra Pradesh government…

LNG Bharat to Roll Out FLNG Terminal

Dec 23, 2015

LNG Bharat Private Ltd is setting up a floating LNG Floating Storage Unit (FSU) with a capacity of 5 million tonnes per annum at Krishnapatnam port in Nellore district the Hindu Businessline reports quoting J. Murthy, the Managing Director…

Teekay Awards Contracts for LNG Imports Complex

Dec 03, 2015

A consortium composed of Teekay LNG Partners L.P., Samsung C&T (Samsung) and Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) executed today with the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain the project agreements for the development of an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Bahrain…

Swan Energy to Invest $845 mln for FSRU Terminal

Nov 25, 2015

Swan Energy Limited will invest around Rs. 5,600 crore ($845 mln) towards setting up of Jafrabad LNG Port project in Gujarat with one jetty-moored Floating, Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). The joint venture project by Swan Energy Limited (SEL) and its Belgium partner Exmar Marine N…

Bestobell Bags HHI's Valve Order

Jul 04, 2015

Bestobell Marine, a world leading supplier of cryogenic valves for ships, has won a major new order from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea to supply valves for two new vessels. Bestobell’s Globe and Check valves will be used within vessels being manufactured for Greek shipowner…

Hoegh LNG's Bond Issue

May 29, 2015

Hoegh LNG (HLNG) has successfully completed the issuance of a USD 130 million senior unsecured bond in the Nordic bond market with maturity date expected to be 5 June 2020. The bond issue will be swapped from floating to fixed interest rate…

BMT, Endeavour Energy Win Africa’s LNG Import Terminal Contract

May 28, 2015

BMT Asia Pacific (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been appointed Owners Engineer and lead design consultant by Endeavour Energy for the development of the LNG storage and regasification facility, a part of the Ghana 1000 Gas to Power Project and Africa’s first LNG import terminal…

Hoegh LNG Bags FSRU Deal in Chile

May 27, 2015

Oslo-based Höegh LNG said it has signed an Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU)contract with Chilean Octopus LNG for the Penco-Lirquén LNG import terminal to be located in Concepción Bay, Chile.  The contract is for a period…

Offshore Oil & Gas: Floating Production Market a Bright Spot

May 13, 2015

Despite industry gloom about the offshore market, orders for production floaters continue to flow.  Over the past few weeks a speculatively-ordered FLNG found use off Africa, negotiations began to convert a third LNG carrier to an FLNG, an FSRU…

Floating Storage Picks Up

May 11, 2015

Surprisingly, it seems that the use of VLCCs for floating storage has increased in recent weeks, says a report by Poten & Partners  Information about the ships reveals that about every third vessel on charter contract earlier this year is now being used for floating storage…

Floating LNG Regasification is Used in Smaller Markets

Apr 28, 2015

According to the latest research from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), floating LNG (FLNG) regasification is being used to meet rising natural gas demand in smaller markets. Floating regasification is a flexible, cost-effective way to receive and process shipments of LNG…

H-Energy to Build Floating LNG Terminal in West Bengal and Canada

Apr 25, 2015

Business Standard reported that real estate developer Hiranandani Group plans to set up a INR 2,400 crore floating LNG import terminal off Haldia, West Bengal and supply imported gas to users as far as Paradip in Odisha. H-Energy Pvt Ltd…

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