Gas

Japan’s 1st LNG-Powered Ferry Receives First LNG Fuel Supply

Japanese heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), its group company Ferry Sunflower Limited, and Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyuden) have revealed that Sunflower Kurenai, Japan’s first LNG-fuelled ferry, received its first LNG fuel supply. As informed, the vessel was bunkered by Kyuden at the Port of Beppu. LNG fuel was supplied …

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Germany Opens First Floating Liquid Natural Gas Terminal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other ministers inaugurated on Saturday morning (17 December) the country’s first liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, a project expected to supply around 6% of the country’s energy demand. At the inauguration, Scholz stated that the rapid completion of the plant …

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Egypt Discovers Large Gas Field

Egypt has discovered a large gas field in the Nargis region of the eastern Mediterranean, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said, Reuters reports. An assessment of the field’s reserves is still ongoing, he told a parliamentary committee briefing. According to Chevron’s Web site, Nargis is one of four offshore exploration …

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Turkmenistan Targets the European Gas Market

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe has announced its intent to diversify its gas supplies away from Russia. Sensing an opportunity, Turkey is angling to become a natural gas hub and alternative supply route to the European Union from resource-rich countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia. During a trilateral summit …

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