The auto-ignition 🔥 temperature of methane, i.e., the lowest temperature to which the gas needs to be heated to cause self sustained combustion without ignition by a spark or flame, is 5️⃣9️⃣5️⃣°C.

The 140,000 FSRU LNG Croatia that has operated for Croatia for the last five years is heading to a Turkish shipyard for an upgrade and a special survey 🏗.

The vessel will have an additional regasification module installed and will be in the yard until October.

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VTTI and Höegh Evi have ticked off the first phase of the permit procedure 🤝 from the list of requirements to bring their proposed new LNG terminal to life in the Netherlands 📍.

Following the formal initiation of the permitting process for the Zeeland Energy Terminal (ZET) in May 2025 🏗, VTTI has confirmed the completion of the first permit phase for the planned project 📃, after reaching what it describes as an important milestone in the permitting process.

ZET, which is planned to be located either in 1️⃣ the Sloe Port in Vlissingen or 2️⃣ the Braakman Port in Terneuzen, will operate using a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) 🚢.

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MISC Berhad says it could lay up some of its LNG carriers as the outlook for the market remains bleak for the rest of the year 🚨.

Charter rates “are expected to remain soft through 2025 📉, primarily due to continued robust fleet expansion and subdued tonne-mile demand”.

The Malaysian owner is “actively exploring strategic options 📊, including vessel lay-ups and redeployment opportunities for vessels that are currently off charter”.

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A gas carrier in service of Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project 🔴 has docked at a Chinese import terminal for the first time, ending more than a year of uncertainty for one of Moscow’s most ambitious energy ventures 🔥. 

The 79,800-cbm Russian-flagged 👉 Arctic Mulan moored up at the Beihai LNG terminal in Guangxi province in southern China just before 5am UTC on August 28 📅.

The apparent delivery, carried by a vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” ⚫ suggests a potential shift in Beijing’s willingness to accept sanctioned Russian gas. It could also signal a softening of Washington’s position against Russian energy projects 📉.

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Greece’s Capital Gas Carrier Corp has sold the last of its secondhand steam turbine purchases for demolition 🏗, boosting the record total of LNG carriers scrapped this year 📈.

Brokers said the 138,208-cbm 👉 Trader II (built 2002) has been sold for recycling for around 💰480 per ldt on an “as is” basis in Singapore.

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COSCO has moved ahead with a 💰360m sale-and-leaseback agreement involving one of the world’s largest LNG carriers a 271,000 cu m QC-Max 🚢, extending its ties with Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) 🤝.

Delivery is slated for July 2029, after which the vessel will immediately be chartered back to MOL under a 20-year bareboat lease 📅. Over the charter period, MOL will pay more than 💰440m in hire, with ownership to transfer back for $1️⃣ at the end of the term.

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Golar LNG has put Seatrium 🤝 in charge of refurbishing its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit 🚢 before it embarks on its multi-year assignment at Argentina’s LNG project on the South American country’s Atlantic coast 📍.

Months after Golar LNG confirmed the fulfillment of all conditions precedent for the 20-year re-deployment charter of the FLNG Hilli Episeyo, known as the 👉 FLNG Hilli, the firm has picked Seatrium to handle the upgrading of the unit, which will be deployed off the coast of Argentina and chartered to Southern Energy S.A. (SESA), a company formed to enable LNG exports 💧 from Argentina.

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South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Group has unveiled a 💰5 billion infrastructure plan for Hanwha Philly Shipyard as part of South Korea’s commitment to supporting the growth of the U.S. shipbuilding industry through a $150 billion investment fund 📈

The $5 billion program will be dedicated to the installation of two additional docks 🏗, and three quays to increase capacity. Hanwha is also reviewing the build-out of a new block assembly facility ⚓. Through this expansion, Hanwha aims to increase Philly Shipyard’s annual production volume from less than two vessels to up to 2️⃣0️⃣.

The South Korean shipbuilder aims to produce LNG carriers 💧, naval modules and blocks, and, in the long term, naval vessels out of its U.S. shipyard.

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Two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers are joining the fleet of QatarEnergy, as part of its massive LNG shipbuilding expansion quest 🚀.

As disclosed by China LNG Shipping (International), Fat’h Al Khair, the third and final vessel in a series of three 174,000-cubic-meter (cbm) LNG carriers 🚢, was delivered to QatarEnergy LNG Marketing by Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai 🏗.

Classified by ABS, the LNG carrier completed her idle SIRE inspection and is bound for Singapore 📍. Her sister vessels, Al Tuwar and Al Zuwair, were delivered in May and August, respectively 🎊.

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Trafigura has secured a multi-year deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) 🤝, the Republic of Korea’s national gas company, said to be one of the world’s largest importers of LNG 💧.

This long-term LNG supply agreement will see Trafigura deliver substantial volumes of LNG 💧 to KOGAS over the next decade under the Henry Hub pricing index 💵.

Trafigura will meet this commitment through its offtake agreements with LNG producers, such as 👉 Cheniere Energy, North America’s largest LNG exporter, and its global LNG portfolio. 

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The UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) 🤝 with the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation.

The 15-year deal entails the supply of 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG 💧 sourced primarily from ADNOC’s lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project 🏗. This turns a previous heads of agreement (HoA) between the duo into a definitive agreement.

Under the terms of the SPA, LNG cargoes can be delivered to any port across India ⚓, which the UAE player believes will support the country’s growing energy needs and enhance its energy security.

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Sempra Infrastructure has signed a definitive sales and purchase agreement (SPA) 🤝 with Pittsburgh-based EQT Corporation for liquefied natural gas (LNG) offtake 💧 from a project under development in Jefferson County, Texas 📍.

The 20-year deal entails the delivery of 2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG 💧 from the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project. EQT will purchase the LNG on a free-on-board basis at a price indexed to Henry Hub 🚢.

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Wison New Energies has signed an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract with 🤝 Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO), for a floating production unit (FPU) to be deployed at a project in the Black Sea 🚢.

Wison FPU with a minimum 30-year design life will be the centerpiece of Phase 3 of the Sakarya gas field development 🏗. Discovered in August 2020, Sakarya is described as the largest natural gas field in Türkiye.

The FPU will be designed with a gas export rate of 25 million standard cubic meters per day (scmd) 💭, or around 883 million standard cubic feet per day (mmsfcd).

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The Port of Hamburg’s Waltershofer Hafen has been given the rubber stamp of approval 🎯 for ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering of methanol and liquefied natural gas (LNG), marking another ‘milestone’ for the port’s efforts oriented toward the broader utilization of eco-friendly fuels 🔥.

Vessels at Waltershofer Hafen, which handles 90% of the largest containerships calling at Hamburg, can now fill up with these two alternative fuels 💧 at the Burchardkai and Predöhlkai central container terminals.

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The Caravel Group and Celsius Tankers have formed a joint venture 🤝 to co-own and operate a new fleet of LNG bunkering vessels 💧. 

The joint venture has placed a firm order for two 20,000 cu m LNG bunker vessels 2️⃣ at China Merchants Industry Holdings and China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu, with deliveries scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2027 🎊.

The ships will be equipped with Type-C tanks capable of handling both LNG bunkering and small-scale LNG trading 💧. The design includes additional manifolds and readiness for bio-LNG blending.

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Final Voyage and beaching of the LNG ship HYUNDAI COSMOPIA at Alang Ship Breaking Yard 🇮🇳

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