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.
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.
State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy is progressing with commissioning activities at the first train of the North Field East LNG project in Qatar despite the ongoing Middle East crisis, according to EPC contractor Technip Energies.
Chevron’s Australian unit has signed a new long-term deal with Alinta Energy to deliver domestic natural gas from its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects and the Woodside-led NWS JV.
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has completed the world’s first installation of the wind challenger system on an LNG carrier. The LNG carrier is owned by Japan's MOL and chartered by US energy giant Chevron.
Chevron has resumed full production at the Wheatstone LNG facility near Onslow in Western Australia following the completion of repairs after Tropical Cyclone Narelle.
Chevron's Wheatstone LNG facility near Onslow in Western Australia is now operating at 50 percent capacity, while repairs continue on the second liquefaction train, a Chevron Australia spokesperson told LNG Prime on Thursday.