NGS’ NG/LNG SNAPSHOT – August 1-15, 2021
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NATIONAL NEWS
City Gas Distribution & Auto LPG
Gujarat: Natural gas supply goes ‘virtual’ in tribal areas
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Gas, a government-owned entity, has begun supplying natural gas to consumers in the tribal areas of Narmada district by setting up a system where liquefied natural gas (LNG) is delivered using cryogenic trucks.
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This for the first time in the country where this new system is used in a tribal belt, said a senior official working with Gujarat Gas. The system comprises LNG storage tank and re-gasification facility and is called virtual CGD network as it is not connected to the gas grid.
The total cost of the system, which includes an LNG storage tank and regasification facility and is called virtual CGD network as it is not connected to the gas grid. The total cost of the system, which includes an LNG tank of 24,000kg capacity, is under Rs 10 crore. Vavdi is about 19km away from the world’s tallest Statue of Unity at Kevadia and the system is used to supply natural gas for vehicular consumers as well as piped gas for cooking in villages and towns of the district.
At a time when Covid-19 pandemic has made setting up of physical pipeline infrastructure in the country a challenge, Gujarat government laid an interior pipeline network at Vavdi and connected to 370 households through the system. Plans are in place to connect about 2,000 households in Narmada district using the virtual network over the next few months, according to a government official. While providing reliable and consistent supply of an eco-friendly energy source, the system also saves the cost and time spent to set up pipeline infrastructure.
Gujarat Gas won CGD license for Narmada district in the ninth round of bidding that was held by PNGRB. The company was the sole bidder for the Narmada geographical area (GA).
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Electric Mobility & Bio- Methane
Make Green Vehicles, Add 6 Airbags as Standard: Nitin Gadkari to Indian Carmakers
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday, august 3, 2021 emphasised on the roll-out of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) in the Indian auto market within a year. Gadkari also appealed to vehicle manufacturers to compulsorily provide a minimum of six airbags across all variants and segments of a vehicle.
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A few weeks back, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had said the government is looking for prospects about green hydrogen as a potential transport fuel, and added that whatever concessions it is offering for electric vehicles can be offered to green hydrogen also. Addressing a conference on ‘Hydrogen and Gas Based Mobility’, Gadkari also said that with the large solar, wind, hydro, and waste potential in India, the country can lead the world in green hydrogen production.
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Ola electric scooters in showrooms soon
Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd ended weeks of speculation on Sunday by unveiling its S1 and S1 Pro electric scooter models, priced competitively to cater to value-conscious customers, as it takes on other two-wheeler electric vehicles (EV) and petrol vehicle brands.
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Ola had received more than 100,000 pre-bookings for its scooter in the first 24 hours of opening bookings to the public and said it will have a production capacity of 1 million e-vehicles soon.
Ola Electric’s scooter will directly compete with the scooters of Ather Energy, Ampere Electric, Okinawa Scooters, Tork Motors and Hero Electric, as well as Honda Activa.
https://www.livemint.com/auto-news/ola-to-deliver-e-scooters-from-october-11629017298617.html
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NTPC invites EOI to set up pilot project on hydrogen blending with natural gas
State-run NTPC has invited a global ‘expression of interest’ to set up a pilot project on hydrogen blending with natural gas in city gas distribution. The Expression of Interest (EoI) follows the recent tenders floated by NTPC REL for green hydrogen fuelling station at Leh
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and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) for procurement of Fuel Cell Buses. A dedicated 1.25 MW solar plant is also being set up at Leh by NTPC REL to power the hydrogen fuelling station. This pilot on hydrogen blending with natural gas will be the first of its kind in India and would explore the viability of decarbonising India’s natural gas grid.
NTPC with its ambition of playing a key role in India’s transition to the hydrogen economy would later take this up at a commercial scale across India. The successful execution of the pilot will also demonstrate the decarbonisation objective along with import substitution aim under the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan’.
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Gas/ Pipelines/ Company News
ES Ranganathan, Director (Marketing), GAIL receives Communication Leader Award
New Delhi: E S Ranganathan, Director (Marketing), GAIL received the ‘Communication Leader Award’ at the “Governance Now 8th PSU Awards” for driving various innovative communication programmes for GAIL through digital and other mediums for external and internal stakeholders.
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The award is a testimony for GAIL’s efforts under his leadership in developing effective communication for creating a positive business environment among the stakeholders and also to keep the morale of the employees high during the tough pandemic times. Shri Ranganathan was also instrumental in driving various business related communications for Natural Gas advocacy and promoting clean energy & clean environment through GAIL’s Hawa Badlo initiative.
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/business/briefs-briefs-2021-08-01.html
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GAIL first quarter net profit jumps 500 per cent to Rs 1,530 cr
New Delhi: GAIL India Ltd, the nation’s largest gas marketer and transporter, on Thursday reported a 500 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit on the back of higher sales and margin boost in gas as well as petrochemicals.
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Net profit of Rs 1,529.92 crore in April-June was up from Rs 255.51 crore in the same period a year back, the company said in a statement. The profit was, however, lower than the Rs 1,907.67 crore earning in the preceding January-March quarter.
The April-June 2020 quarter was heavily impacted by muted economic activity and restricted mobility due to a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. This impacted gas sales and demand for petrochemicals.
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Final phase of Ennore LNG pipeline to be completed by Feb 2022
Chennai: Indian Oil has said it will complete the final phase of Ennore LNG pipeline by February, 2022 which will link Ennore and Ramnad. The 1,444 km long LNG pipeline, which is being laid by the pipelines division of IndianOil Corporation, has completed about 85% of the work.
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The LNG Pipeline commencing from this terminal in Ennore would run alongside the existing Chennai, Trichy, Madurai pipeline for liquid fuels and touch all these major cities. From Madurai it would be linked to the Ramnad – Tuticorin section of the pipeline which has already been commissioned and is operational from February this year.
The main Pipeline would be connected through branch lines and spur lines to all the major commercial and industrial clusters in Kanchipuram, Asanur, Puducherry, Sriperumbudur, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam. The pipeline would also have a separate loop line passing through Tiruvallur to Bengaluru. Along its route the LNG line would cover three states and 21 districts.
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Firm offers free piped natural gas to housing societies for 3 months
In order to encourage the adoption of domestic piped natural gas, Goa Natural Gas (P) Ltd (GNGPL) has offered three months of free gas supply to housing societies that register for installation of domestic gas pipelines.
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Chief executive officer of GNGPL M Z Khan said that the free gas will be supplied from November to January 2022. Khan also said that GNGPL is in the process of expanding the natural gas pipeline network in Goa with the aim to supply piped natural gas (PNG) to many more manufacturing units and homes in North Goa and Ponda by the end of 2021.
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Policy Matters/ Gas Pricing/Others
MNGL announces hike in CNG, domestic PNG prices effective 1 August
Pune: Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) has announced a hike in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) and domestic piped natural gas (D-PNG), effective from August 1 in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and rural areas of the district.
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The price of CNG has been increased by Rs0.90, per kilogram, from Rs 56.60 to Rs 57.50, while PNG price is up by Rs 1.90, per standard cubic meter (SCM), to Rs 29.10, per SCM.
The gas distribution company has said that the increase in input and transportation costs of gas has resulted in the price hike and that it would lead to only a marginal impact on per-kilometre running cost of CNG vehicles. The price of CNG has been hiked after two months. The previous hike was announced in June 2021.
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Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation’s road map to cutting down costs
The corporation is converting buses into LNG and CNG-run, commercialising some of its land, and doing route rationalisation. Over 1,000 MSRTC buses and drivers were brought in during the lockdown in 2020 to help out BEST in Mumbai.
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Getting buses on wet lease, converting a few into Liquified Natural Gas fuel (LNG) following the Kerala-model, a few into Compressed Natural Gas and turning some old buses into lorries to save costs and bring in revenue—this is how the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, which has one of the biggest bus fleets in the country with 18,000 buses, is coping with lockdown losses.
As the lockdown led to almost bankruptcy, the MSRTC bosses, led by Maharashtra transport minister Anil Parab, who is the chairman of the corporation, last year decided to cut costs and listed several measures to make its operations across the state viable. They included route rationalisation, commercial exploitation of its land and increasing its freight movement by converting old buses into lorries, and following the Kerala model by abandoning diesel and converting a few of its buses into LNG-run vehicles.
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After e-buses, WBTC set to roll out CNG vehicles with flexi-fuel option
Kolkata: After running electric buses successfully, West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) is set to introduce five buses retrofitted with compressed natural gas (CNG) engines, apart from their existing diesel engines.
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These buses can switch to diesel, if CNG is not available. Apart from reducing the carbon footprint, the use of CNG will also lead to savings on costlier diesel. WBTC ran buses on trial with CNG, a cleaner fuel, after Bengal Gas Company Limited (BGCL) set up a CNG dispensing station at its Kasba depot. “The CNG kit was retrofitted with old BS-II buses and the trial run was successful. The buses will retain diesel engines, with BGCL supplying CNG in caskets.
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Policy for allotment of CNG station sites
To bring in transparency and increase efficiency in the process of allotment of CNG station sites’ plots, the Authority has approved policy for e-auction of CNG station sites, under which DDA will allot sites to individuals or gas distribution companies and i
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ts Letter of Intent (LoI) holders through the mode of the auction on a license basis. Earlier, the lands were allotted for five years and the increase in the rates was also uncertain as it was related to average auction rates. Under the new policy, the tenure of the licence is 10 years, renewable up to 30 years, and the increase in the licence fee is fixed.
To promote green fuel in the capital city, the Authority decided to grant a discount of 50 per cent on the value of land in fixing the reserve price. The licence fee (reserve price) is substantially lesser in comparison to the fee payable in neighbouring states. The new policy will encourage private investment by improving the environment of certainty.
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/vivacity/updates-from-dda-meeting.html
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LNG Development and Shipping
Gail India issues swap tender for 12 LNG cargoes for 2021-2022
GAIL (India) Ltd has issued a swap tender offering liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for loading in the United States and seeking cargoes for delivery into India in 2021 and 2022. The natural gas firm is seeking 12 cargoes for delivery into India from Nov. 19 until Oct. 10, 2022,
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and has offered 12 cargoes for loading from the United States from Nov. 26 until Oct. 10, 2022. The tender closes on Aug. 17.
The Indian importer has 20-year deals to buy 5.8 million tonnes a year of U.S. LNG split between Dominion Energy’s Cove Point plant and Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass site in Louisiana.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Natural Gas / Transnational Pipelines/ Others
USA: Natural gas production and exports show growth
Natural gas prices broke through the $4 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) level this week as production levels across the U.S. continued to set records as did exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Natural gas prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange languished
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around $1.70 Mcf range in 2020 until crossing the $2 barrier in August and crossed into the $3 range in June of this year and up to $4 in mid-July.
Demand and consumption of natural gas continues to grow. The Energy Information Administration reports the nation consumed 11.2 billion cubic feet during the first four months of 2021, which equals the amounts consumed in 2020 and it is on pace to set a record this year as the economy continues to expand. U.S. production so far this year is off 4% from the record set last year. Natural gas production during the first four months of 2021was 10,904 billion cubic feet compared to 11,414 billion cubic feet in 2020.
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AUSTRALIA: Oil Search and Santos to Merge into LNG Powerhouse
Australia’s second- and third-biggest oil and gas companies are set to merge to become one of the largest in the region and in the top 20 globally.
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Oil Search Ltd. on Monday, August 2, 2021 said it agreed to an improved all-share offer from Santos Ltd. that would give its equity holders 0.6275 new Santos shares for each one held, giving them about 38.5% of the merged group. The combined entity would have a market capitalization of about $16 billion, vying with Woodside Petroleum Ltd. to be Australia’s biggest independent liquefied natural gas producer.
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BOLIVIA: more than 1,500 vehicles converted to CNG in just two weeks
Last month the Executing Entity for Conversion to Natural Gas Vehicles (EEC-GNV) reactivated the Program for the Conversion of Vehicles to CNG, which during the last administration was paralyzed. In this short time, more than 2,000 applications were received and
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more than 1,500 conversions from gasoline to CNG were made in the national vehicle fleet.
The CNG Conversion Program was launched on July 8 with the announcement of the acquisition of more than 32,000 cylinders of different capacities, which have already been distributed throughout the country for the benefit of the transportation sector. Bolivia currently has 25% of the vehicle fleet converted to natural gas.
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Azerbaijan’s largest public transport operator adds 50 Otokar CNG buses
Turkish bus manufacturer Otokar has received an order to supply 50 natural gas vehicles to Azerbaijan to serve in Baku’s public transportation. The order was placed by Xaliq Faiqoglu, a leading public transit operator in Azerbaijan,
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and includes 48 12-meter KENT CNG buses and two 18.75-meters KENT articulated CNG buses. Otokar plans to start delivering the order this year and complete it in the first quarter of 2022.
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BANGLADESH: Energy-starved Bangladesh discovers new gas field worth over $148 mn
Dhaka: Bangladesh has announced to have discovered a new gas field containing a probable reserve of about 68 billion cubic feet worth over USD 148 million.
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (BAPEX) made the discovery in Sylhet region,
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some 240 kms northeast of Dhaka, state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Monday, august 10, 2021. BAPEX officials said that they plan to launch a 3D survey soon to assess the real position as they expect to extract up to 13 years at 10 million cubic feet per day from the virgin field.
The field was primarily discovered in June but preferred to make the announcement public after assessing its probable reserve and extraction prospects, the officials said.
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/energy-starved-bangladesh-discovers-new-gas-field-worth-over-148-mn/85229662
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Electric Mobility/Hydrogen/Bio-Methane
CNG Fuels opens first biomethane station in UK North East region
CNG Fuels opened a new natural gas refueling station for heavy trucks in Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
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The new station is the first to serve the North East region and is capable of refueling up to 500 vehicles per day, making it one of the biggest stations in the UK, according to the company.
Most of the UK is already within a 300-mile round trip of a CNG Fuels renewable biomethane station, and the new site will put Lincoln and Sheffield within its range and serve local and passing fleets using the A1 north and south. The Newark station is the latest in CNG Fuels’ network of refueling stations covering the UK. The company already operates six stations across the country and plans to open a further 12-14 stations by the end of 2022. The network will support the burgeoning sector as the number of trucks running on bio-CNG increases five-fold within the next five years, says CNG Fuels.
https://www.petrolplaza.com/news/27820
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USA: Biogas storage & automation project successfully completed in Colorado
The City of Grand Junction announced the completion of the Bio-CNG Storage and Automation Project. Six years ago, the city embarked on a renewable/clean energy project to capture biogas generated at the Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant and convert it to renewable CNG.
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This biofuel is used to fuel several city’s and Grand Valley Transit’s vehicles.
Recently, city staff and project partners embarked on a project to optimize and capture the remaining 21% of biogas flare. With the support of Mesa County and with co-funding from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), the Bio-CNG Storage and Automation Project will provide significant benefits to the community that align with the City of Grand Junction’s sustainability efforts and the One Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan.
The project will; Minimize flaring of biogas at the Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant, Improve air quality by reducing 500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per year – the equivalent of taking 50 cars off the road, Maximize beneficial use of a renewable energy source, Reduce reliance on fossil fuel-derived CNG, Pave the way for increasing the number of Grand Valley Transit buses and city vehicles that can be fueled with renewable natural gas.
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Paris public transit operator orders clean energy buses for Île-de-France
The RATP Group (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) announced a second large-scale order from the Bus2025 program, which aims to renew Île-de-France Mobilités’ (organization authority that coordinates transit companies operating in the
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Paris-area public transport network and rest of Île-de-France region) bus fleet towards biomethane and electricity. This goal also fits Île-de-France Mobilités’ desire to remove diesel buses from its network and to make the region into a global reference for very low carbon urban mobility.
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Global LNG Development
ITALY: Socogas to add new LNG fuelling facility
SGIG, leading Italian EPC and service company for gas stations, has teamed up with Dutch LNG technology specialists LIQAL to install a new LNG fuelling system for Socogas in the Parma region, Italy.
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The San Michele Campagna site, operated by Eni, is located in Fidenza at the exit of the A1 motorway. The integration of the LNG fuelling facility will strengthen the offering for LNG vehicles at this modern service station on the busy route between Milan and Bologna.
Italy was an early LNG adopter in Europe and has one of the biggest net-works of 100 LNG fuel stations throughout the country, with projections to grow to 200 stations over the next two years.
With a stable infrastructure already in place, the challenges for a mature market like Italy are to provide standardisation and advanced fuelling technology. With more than 3000 registered LNG vehicles, Italy has embraced the clear environmental benefits of LNG, and the government offers levies to support the transition away from diesel and other polluting transport fuels.
https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/04082021/socogas-to-add-new-lng-fuelling-facility/
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SARDINIA, ISLAND: Air Liquide technology implemented at coast LNG depot in Sardinia
Sardinia’s first liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility is now complete – and it features Air Liquide’s Turbo-Brayton cryogenic technology. The industrial gas giant on Wednesday (4th August) said its technology had been selected by
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Gas and Heat to keep the produced LNG in a liquid state at the storage site on the island.
Once fully operational, the terminal aims to supply natural gas to produce the energy needed by local industries to fuel trucks and refuel ships. Manufactured in the workshops of Air Liquide’s Campus Technologies Grenoble in 2020, the cryogenic unit joined the Sardinian coastal depot at the end of the year.
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Natural Gas / LNG Utilization
USA: Renewables overtake coal, but natural gas still dominates as the nation’s power generator
Renewable energy has inched above both coal and nuclear power for the first time, to become the second-highest source of electricity in the United States behind natural gas. Figures released this week by the federal Energy Information Administration show wind,
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hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal combined accounted for 834 billion kilowatt-hours, or about 21% of all generation in 2020. Natural gas still leads as the nation’s top source of electricity, generating 1,617 kWh last year, or about 40% of U.S. power generation.
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Texas, USA: $30B LNG project in Lake Charles inks deal with Shell
Houston-based Tellurian Inc. signed a deal with Royal Dutch Shell for a subsidiary to purchase some liquefied natural gas exported from Louisiana. Shell NA LNG inked a purchase agreement with Tellurian for 3 million tons each year for 10 years.
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The company plans to build Driftwood LNG on a 1,000-acre site to export 27.6 million tons of LNG by 2023. It would receive natural gas from more than 10,000 acres in the Haynesville Shale play in northwest Louisiana and assets in the Permian Basin in Texas. Tellurian itself holds about 9,700 net acres in the Haynesville Shale as of March. The company previously indicated it wants to build a new pipeline to bring the natural gas to Calcasieu Parish.
Tellurian signed a deal with Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd. for the reseller to buy 3 million tons of LNG each year up to 10 years, which is $12 billion in revenue. Another 3 million tons of LNG each year was sold to Swiss energy commodity trader Vitol for 10 years, also worth $12 billion. Tellurian expects these deals to collectively move the project forward enough to finalize financing.
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Summit and Commonwealth LNG sign MoU for LNG in Bangladesh
Summit Oil and Shipping Co. Ltd (SOSCL), the first and largest private sec-tor importer and supplier of fuel oil to Bangladesh, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Commonwealth LNG to collaborate in the supply of LNG to Asia,
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including Bangladesh. SOSCL is part of the Summit Group, Bangladesh’s largest infrastructure conglomerate.
The scope of the MoU includes SOSCL potentially contracting for 1 million tpy of LNG offtake, for a term of up to 20 years, from Commonwealth’s 8.4 million tpy facility currently under development in Cameron, Louisiana, US.
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US LNG deliveries increased week-over-week
The US Energy Department said on august 5, 2021 that exports of gas in liquefied form increased week-over-week. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that 21 vessels left LNG export terminals between July 29 and August 4.
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Carrying a combined 77bn ft3 of gas as LNG (against 70bn ft3 in 19 vessels the previous week), seven of those vessels left the Sabine Pass terminal and four left from Cameron, both in Louisiana. From Texas, five left Freeport and four departed from Corpus Christi, while one vessel left from the Cove Point terminal off Maryland. Cheniere owns the five-train Sabine Pass terminal, among the most active US LNG export facilities. Imports from Canada decreased 5.5% and exports to Mexico declined 7.5% from last week.
https://www.naturalgasworld.com/us-lng-deliveries-increased-week-over-week-91048
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LNG as a Marine Fuel/Shipping
Philippines LNG prize: Aceton wins work on AG&P’s Batangas project
Aceton, a UK marine energy and infrastructure services company, has won a key contract for AG&P’s grassroots liquefied natural gas (LNG) import and regasification terminal in Batangas Bay in the Philippines.
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The project scope includes the local transportation and installation of jacket structures to form the LNG berth. These structures will vary across the construction site and will include approach trestles, mooring and berthing dolphins, and associated furniture such as walkways, fenders and mooring hooks. AG&P’s LNG import scheme is based on a floating storage unit, which will be leased on a long-term basis, with additional onshore storage and regasification facilities.
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THILAND: NEPC okays LNG imports
The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) has given the green light to the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by seven firms in a move to promote competition in the LNG market. LNG imports are set at 0.48 million tonnes in the second half of this year, 1.74 million tonnes
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next year and 3.02 million tonnes in 2023, said deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, who chaired the NEPC meeting on august 04, 2021 .
Authorities have granted shipping licences to the seven firms since 2019, enabling them to benefit from LNG trade in the spot market when prices are low. Thailand needs to import more LNG in order to deal with diminishing natural gas reserves in the country and high power costs. Imported LNG will feed gas-fired power plants which produce electricity for use and sale among factories.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2160147/nepc-okays-lng-imports
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ENI to send carbon-neutral LNG to TAIWAN
Italian energy company Eni said August 6 it reached an agreement to deliver an LNG cargo to Taiwan that has been certified as carbon neutral. Eni will send the LNG from the Bontang terminal in Indonesia to CPC Corp in Taiwan via the Yung Ang receiving terminal on the island.
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The Italian company said the LNG cargo would be certified as carbon neutral through the PAS 2060 mechanism, an internationally-recognised standard “that sets out requirements for quantification, reduction and offsetting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for organisations and products.” Eni described the arrangement as a milestone in its efforts to decarbonise its value chain. As of January, CPC said its main long-term LNG imports would be sourced from Australia, Qatar and the US.
https://www.naturalgasworld.com/eni-to-send-carbon-neutral-lng-to-taiwan-91034
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Technological Development for Cleaner and Greener Environment Hydrogen & Bio-Methane
California, USA: Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source
Bloom Energy has hit two key milestones on its path to decarbonize shipping. In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP)
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from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society. Bloom Energy also received verification as an alternative power source for vessels as part of the American Bureau of Shipping’s (ABS) New Technology Qualification (NTQ) service.
New technologies and power sources for shipping, such as fuel cells, are recognized as viable carbon-reducing solutions to achieving the IMO’s environmental goals. DNV Approval in Principle. SHI and Bloom Energy first announced plans in 2019 to design and develop fuel cell-powered ships. This fuel-cell-propelled LNG carrier eliminates the need for internal combustion engines by replacing the ship’s propulsion and auxiliary engines with fuel cells running on non-combusted natural gas.
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/08/20210801-bloom.html
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USA: Biogas project in Indiana to produce net zero emission fuel for truck fleets
OPAL Fuels LLC announced an investment in Bio Town Biogas, one of the most environmentally-friendly renewable natural gas production facilities in the United States. The centerpiece of the project will be a large-scale dairy digester that will produce about 1,000 MMBTUs of biofuel per day. Critically,
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this fuel will be cheaper than diesel and have one of the lowest carbon intensity scores in the industry. The project will provide the equivalent of 28.5 million gallons of fuel per year with net zero emissions to OPAL Fuels fleet customers – enough fuel to allow roughly 2,400 heavy-duty trucks to achieve carbon neutral emissions in their operations. All told, this project will keep over 43,000 tons of CO2e emissions out of the atmosphere each year, while helping trucking companies save about $5.8 million per year in fuel costs compared to diesel.
The scale of this project empowers the biomethane it produces to achieve an ultra-low carbon intensity score. The project achieves such scale by not only converting biogas to electricity from cattle manure at the project’s host site, but by also trucking in manure from local dairy farms to convert to renewable natural gas. OPAL Fuels then distributes the fuel through its network of over 140 service stations, which together operate as TruStar Energy.
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