Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has identified 200,000 cbm LNG carriers as a “credible next step” for global LNG fleet renewal, with a potential owner benefit of approximately $85.5 million over 30 years.
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Glenfarne’s Magnolia LNG has secured a five-year extension from the US FERC to complete construction and place into service its planned liquefaction and export plant in Louisiana.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has released a draft environmental impact statement for Cheniere’s planned Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage IV expansion project in Texas. The regulator concluded that construction and operation of the LNG project would result in “some adverse environmental effects; however, effects would be reduced to less-than-significant levels.”
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has received approvals from five classification societies for a new LNG carrier design that features GTT's Next1 containment tech.
China's Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding has secured approval in principle from classification society Lloyd's Register for a new 12,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel design.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register has secured a contract from Dutch services company Dixstone, a unit of London-based oil and gas firm Perenco, to deliver classification and technical assurance for the conversion of an LNG carrier into a floating storage unit (FSU) for the Gabon project.
French LNG containment giant GTT expects approximately 550 orders for large LNG carriers over the next ten years, according to chief executive Francois Michel.