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So, You Want to be in Bunkers?

Jun 02, 2015

A primer for the curious from Dan-Bunkering.According to Denmark-based Dan-Bunkering, a global supplier of bunker fuels, lubricants and related products and services, it is difficult if not impossible to pinpoint the perfect background for a Bunker Trader…

Radio Holland Inks Service Deal with BW Fleet Management

Jun 02, 2015

Radio Holland, part of Imtech Marine, has concluded a service agreement with leading tanker, gas and offshore maritime group BW Fleet Management (BWFM). The two-year agreement covers all the navigation and communication equipment onboard 13 LPG vessels…

Alaska LNG Gets Conditional Approval to Export

Jun 02, 2015

The Alaska LNG project marks another significant milestone with today’s announcement by the United States Department of Energy that it has conditionally authorized the Alaska LNG Project LLC to export liquefied natural gas to non-Free Trade Agreement countries…

Mexico Lifts Bidding Limits for First Batch of Oil Tenders

May 31, 2015

Mexico's oil regulator voted on Friday to relax rules on bidding terms and contracts that form the first step in a historic sector opening that kicks off this summer with the public auction of 14 shallow water fields.The July auction…

Crowley’s 2nd LNG ConRo Ship Ahead of Schedule

May 29, 2015

Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine, Inc. announced construction has started early for the second liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ConRo ship, Taíno, for Crowley Holdings, Inc. Taíno’s steel cutting ceremony was held May 27 at VT Halter’s Pascagoula…

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…

GTT Announces Board of Directors Appointments

May 28, 2015

The GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) shareholders' annual general meeting chaired by Philippe Berterottière, chairman and CEO of GTT appointed several new members to GTT’s board of directors. Michèle Azalbert and Christian Germa, independent director succeeding to Jean-Luc Gourgeon…

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…

Chevron Hires Viking Princess

May 28, 2015

Eidesvik Offshore has signed a contract for 19 months with Chevron UK employment for one platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Princess.  The vessel will be delivered to Chevron towards the end of June, and has been trading in the North Sea spot market for the past months…

Construction Starts on Crowley’s 2nd LNG ConRo Ship

May 27, 2015

Construction begins on Crowley’s second Commitment Class, LNG-powered ConRo ship for use in the Puerto Rico trade Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine, Inc. has officially started the construction of Taíno, the second of two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered…

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…

CNPC Eyes Myanmar for LNG Terminal

May 27, 2015

China's biggest oil and gas company China National Petroleum Corp.(CNPC ) has expressed interested in  a terminal in Kyaukphyu in Myanmar  to receive imported Liquefied natural gas (LNG). China National Petroleum Corporation has proposed…

Egypt's $3 Bln LNG tender in June

May 23, 2015

Egypt is reportedly to issue a tender in early June to buy up to $3 billion of liquefied natural gas over 2016 and 2017, Reuters reports. The country recently secured 90 cargoes of the liquefied natural gas, majority of which came through a $2…

Gail to Sell LNG Supplies from US to Shell?

May 21, 2015

GAIL (India) Ltd has signed a preliminary deal with Royal Dutch Shell for the potential sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply sourced from its portfolio, made up of US production, says Reuters and local media reports.   Gail, a Maharatna public sector company…

Petronet LNG appoints new chairman

May 21, 2015

India’s largest importer of the chilled gas Petronet LNG has appointed Kapil Dev Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas as Chairman and Director on the Board of the company. The appointment follows the former Chairman and Director of the company Board…

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