US FSRU player Excelerate Energy confirmed that it has signed a seven-year charter agreement with a unit of Canadian firm Frontera Energy to deploy its FSRU to a new LNG import terminal under development in Colombia. Excellerate also confirmed that it purchased a TFDE LNG carrier to convert it to an FSRU.
Houston-based McDermott, through a consortium with Italy’s Saipem, South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction, and China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, has been awarded a letter of intent including limited engineering and procurement services for the ExxonMobil-led Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique.
Belgium’s Exmar has signed a seven-year charter for the 2006-built LNG carrier Simaisma. The vessel will be modified to serve as a floating transshipment unit (FTU) for the LNG bunkering market.
Greek shipowner Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has ordered one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Indonesian petroleum and chemicals logistics company AKR Corporindo (AKRA) has formed a joint venture with a unit of Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW to develop an FSRU-based LNG project in Indonesia.
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has won contracts worth approximately $574 million to build one floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) said it had developed a domestically produced high-pressure fuel pump for liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered vessels.