The cooking gas 🔥 used at home was a Mammoth thousands of years ago ❓

Fossil fuels were once alive ! They were formed from prehistoric plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago 🌕.

Animals and plants lived on the land and in the waters and when they died, their decayed matter eventually became trapped under sand and silt over millions of years .

The sand and silt eventually changed to rock and the resulting heat and pressure turned the organic materials to oil, gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) 🔋.

In cooking up these hydrocarbons, the thick liquid called oil formed first. But over time, the cooking process of the organic material under the layers of silt became natural gas 💭.

Natural gas withdrawn from a well may contain liquid hydrocarbons. This gas is called wet gas and means the gas stream contains NGLs.

The natural gas, or Methane, is separated from these liquid components near the site of the well or at a natural gas processing plant 🏭. The gas is then considered dry and sent through natural gas transmission pipelines, to local distribution companies and, eventually, to consumers 🏢. NGLs can be found in a barrel of crude oil too.

NGLs consist of ethane, propane, butanes and natural gasoline (pentanes). They are kept in a liquid state for storage, shipping and consumption.

These naturally occurring hydrocarbons 🔥 have a variety of uses across the economy including 👉 plastic production, heating and cooking, and gasoline blending.

Italy’s floating regasification terminal operator OLT Offshore LNG Toscana intends to hold capacity allocation auctions 📊 without expressions of interest for regasification capacity at its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) moored off the coast of Livorno in July 📌.

The auctions for the capacity offered on an annual basis from gas year 2025/2026 to 2043/2044 will be held from July 3 to 10, 2025 📅.

The capacity will be offered in 165,000-cubic-meter liquid slots 💧

QatarEnergy has instructed tankers to remain outside the Strait of Hormuz 🚨 and to enter the Gulf only the day before loading 🏗 , amid military strikes in the region.

This applies to tankers for liquefied natural gas LNGC and Petrochemicals.

Alpha Gas has entered into a partnership agreement with HD Hyundai Marine Solution 🤝 concerning three LNG carriers

The South Korean marine services provider will support the shipowner by supplying main and auxiliary engine parts 🏭, along with related services for its vessels.

Additionally, the partnership will incorporate HD Hyundai’s digital transformation platform 💻, enabling real-time monitoring of vessel conditions and delivering optimal operational support 🏢.

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A currently unutilised floating storage and regasification unit is being marketed 📊 on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern countries concerned about the security of their gas supplies 💭 amid the ongoing conflict in the region.

Infrastructure project developer Gasfin, in its role as partner of Germany’s state operator Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET), is offering the 👉 174,000-cbm Energos Force (built 2021) to several interested parties in the region on a temporary basis 📅.

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Nakilat has celebrated a significant milestone with the steel cutting ceremony 🎊 marking the start of construction of 1️⃣7️⃣ LNG vessels at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea 🏗.

The 174,000-m3 LNG carriers will be owned by Nakilat and chartered to QatarEnergy affiliates 🤝 under long-term agreements.

The vessels are part of QatarEnergy’s historic LNG fleet expansion project 🚀, which caters for future LNG fleet requirements for its LNG expansion projects, and to replace some of its existing fleet.

GasLog is being named as the shipowner behind an upcoming order 🤝 for apparently speculative LNG carrier newbuildings in China priced at up to 💰30m cheaper than slots currently available in South Korea.

GasLog has signed a letter of intent with Jiangnan Shipyard for two 2️⃣ firm LNG carriers with options on a further pair of vessels.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has signed two deals 🤝 with Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) aimed at optimizing the performance of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers 📈. 

1️⃣ One JPD will focus on convergent trapezoidal cargo tank No. 1, i.e., the first (forward) LNG storage tank on an LNG carrier 🏢 fitted with GTT’s Mark III membrane system.

2️⃣ The second JPD will deal with an “innovative” flush deck liquid dome design 🏗, located at the interface between the membrane tank and the cryogenic piping. This concept improves trunk-deck ergonomics, simplifies on-board piping, and simplifies maintenance 🏭.

China’s COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore and COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard have secured a green light 🤝 from Norway’s classification society DNV via two certifications for their floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) liquefaction and storage unit 💧.

The two arms of the Chinese state-owned conglomerate have received an 👉 approval in principle (AiP) as well as a 👉 main scantling approval (MSA).

The MSA confirmed the durability of ‘key’ structural elements 🏗, while the AiP covered the stability, marine and electrical systems and safety ⚓.

GTT received an order from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) 🤝 for the tank design of a new Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier (LNGC) 🚢.

The LNGC will be built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on behalf of the ship-owner Purus.

GTT will design the vessel’s cryogenic tanks, which will have a total capacity of 180,000 m³ 💧. The tanks will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system 🏢.

Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2027 🎊.

Egypt has reached agreements with several energy firms and trading houses 🤝 to buy 150 to 160 cargoes of liquefied natural gas 💧, as it ramps up purchases to meet power demands despite strained government finances ⚡.

Agreements have been reached with global energy companies and trading houses, including 👉 Saudi Aramco, Shell, Vitol, Trafigura, BGN, SOCAR, and PetroChina.

The cargoes were priced at a premium of $0.70-$0.75 above the gas price at the Dutch TTF hub.

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The LNG deals represent Egypt's largest ever 🥇 import purchases and will cost it over $8 billion at current prices

Japan’s energy major JERA has finalized multi-year agreements 🤝 with four U.S. players relating to the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country’s export projects in a bid to fortify Asia’s energy security ⚡.

The deals include sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with 1️⃣ NextDecade Corporation and 2️⃣ Commonwealth LNG, as well as heads of agreement (HoA) with 3️⃣ Sempra Infrastructure and 4️⃣ Cheniere Marketing.

The Japanese major will procure up to 5.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG 💧 from the United States. The deals’ total value is said to exceed JERA’s cumulative equity investment in the North American country, which amounts to 💰6 billion.

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Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant PETRONAS has inked two agreements:

1️⃣ A liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with the U.S.-based Commonwealth LNG to purchase 1 million tonne per annum (mtpa) of LNG 💧 for 20 years from its plant currently under development in Cameron, Louisiana 🏗.

2️⃣ A joint venture framework agreement (JVFA) for a proposed business combination with Italy’s energy major Eni. The JV is meant to manage a combination of selected upstream interests in Indonesia and Malaysia 📍.

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Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has reached a significant milestone in its green shipping transition 🎊, with its annual liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering volume surpassing 100,000 cubic meters for the first time 💧.

Since launching its first LNG bunkering operation in June 2023 🥇, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has rapidly expanded its LNG services to major terminals 🏗.

Japan’s ‘largest cruise ship ever’, the ASUKA III 🥇, recently received liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Port of Yokohama 💧, marking the inaugural LNG bunkering operation for a vessel of this type in the country 📍.

The bunkering was reportedly done using the truck-to-ship transport method 💧. This is a process where LNG-powered ships dock at a berth capable of supplying the fuel, which, in turn, is transferred from onshore tank trucks.

Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of the twelfth 1️⃣2️⃣ and final vessel of the eco-friendly Hamburg Express class 🎊.

The 23,664 TEU Wilhelmshaven Express is the final of twelve liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel 💧boxships built at Hanwa Ocean shipyard in South Korea 🏗.

Imabari Shipbuilding has marked the delivery of a 13,000 TEU future-proof containership 🎊, which was built for Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE).

ONE Sapphire was designed for future conversion to run on methanol and ammonia 🔥. What is more, the vessel is said to be ready to be installed with carbon capture equipment 💭.

Did you know that LNG ships do reverse parking ❓ No ❓ See the below video 💻

This video shows the Gaslog Geneva docking at Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s Sabine Pass LNG.

The LNG ships usually dock bow facing the port’s exit (sea) in case emergency departure needed 🚨.

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