LNG Fuelling AN LNG JOURNAL PUBLICATION 9 March 2017 GE, Woodside sign LNG fuelling FUELLING NEWS partnership AGENDA Engineering conglomerate GE and Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy have signed a partnership agreement to develop the use of LNG as a fuel in Western DESIGN Australia. The wide-ranging deal will see both parties invest in technology and infrastructure designed to provide customers with “the op- tion of seamless access” to reli- able LNG fuel for gas-fuelled DEME orders world’s transport and power generation first LNG-fuelled CSD solutions. “The agreement between our 2 companies will harness the com- bined experience and offerings of EOI Woodside and GE, allowing cus- Fosmax issues tomers to choose LNG as a fuel Marseille-Fos LNG that will deliver significant cost fuelling tender 3 and emissions reductions,” Peter Woodside's Linda Albano and GE's Mary Hackett Coleman, CEO of Woodside, said. R&D As Australia’s largest LNG oper- Asia but LNG output is increasingly Company that works across multi- Bunker fuel cost ator, Woodside manages both the in demand as a transport fuel do- ple industries and sectors, GE rises may favour Pluto LNG export plant and the mestically with a recent study by looks forward to working with alternative fuels North West Shelf LNG plant in Kar- Det Norske Veritas (DNV) conclud- Woodside to deliver gas technol- 5 ratha, northwest Australia, giving ing that environmental and com- ogy solutions for customers,” Mary the partnership ready access to mercial pressures were set to Hackett, Regional Director for GE OFFSHORE LNG fuel. drive further uptake of gas-pow- Oil & Gas ANZ/PNG, said. “Woodside is ideally placed to ered shipping industry in Australia. Woodside has been a strong lead the transition to LNG fu- The study built on previous supporter of LNG-fuelled shipping elling, with world-class LNG facili- work that examined the establish- and is also currently exploring the ties in the Pilbara in close ment of LNG bunkering stations at commercial feasibility of LNG-fu- proximity to heavy industries,” 10 Australian ports and predicted elled Capesize bulk carriers as Coleman added. no significant restrictions for the part of consortium. adoption of LNG fuel. The mining sector is a major Australian LNG-fuelled “Developing new fuel technol- part of the Australian economy GustoMSC studies shipping set to grow ogy to power industries such as and a shift to LNG to power Cape- LNG fuelling for mobile offshore LNG produced in Australia has to marine, transportation and mining size export vessels would signify a units date been destined for markets in is key – and as a Digital Industrial significant source of demand. n 6 LNG ORDERBOOK LNG–fuelled ship fleet 8 LNG–fuelled confirmed newbuilds 10 LNG small scale fleet 11 The North West Shelf LNG plant in Karratha 2 l NEWS LNG Fuelling 9 March 2017 DEME orders world’s first LNG-fuelled CSD Belgian marine engineering group DEME has placed an order with Dutch shipyard Royal IHC for the world’s first LNG-fuelled Cutter Suction Dredger – Spartacus. The new vessel will be built Most powerful CSD at Royal IHC’s facilities in the ever built Netherlands and is set to join At 164 metres in length, the vessel DEME’s fleet in mid-2019. Once will be capable of dredging in wa- complete, Spartacus will be the ters of up to 45 metres as com- most powerful Cutter Suction pared to the 35 metres depth which Royal IHC design for LNG-fuelld vessel Spartacus Dredger ever built with total is presently the upper limit in the installed capacity of 44.180 market. The Spartacus will also be in us,” Dave Vander Heyde, CEO of vessels will have a Green Passport kilowatts. capable of operating in remote lo- IHC, said. and Clean Design notation. “DEME believes this excep- cations with limited infrastructure, The ability to deliver increased “We are pleased to note that tional vessel will create its own thanks to improved fuel autonomy power from LNG systems is set to IHC's strategy, which focuses on market, by achieving what has and accommodation capacity. open new opportunities as larger developing and producing high been impossible until now,” a "We can state that this CSD is classes of vessels are increasingly added value equipment, and inte- spokesperson for DEME said. the largest and most complex that developed to run on the fuel. grated vessels is starting to pay The new CSD will also include IHC has ever built. The combina- The construction of Spartacus off. Being able to manage all the advanced features such as a waste tion of power, size and innovations follows similar recent orders by gigantic forces of this CSD with heat recovery system to convert makes it a true challenge to build. DEME for the first LNG-powered our high tech equipment and heat from the exhaust gasses to We are proud and honored that Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers systems perfectly supports this,” electrical energy. DEME has again placed their trust Minerva and Scheldt River. All the Vander Heyde added. n Croatia receives EU funding for Krk LNG facility The Croatian government has received €102 million in funding from the European union to build an LNG terminal on the Adriatic island of Krk. The proposed facility will include CEF to support €363m "This project will definitely ready identified a number of key a floating terminal off the island costs give a boost to the Croatian econ- areas for investment. of Krk and will be designed to sup- Total investment required to build omy and industry, which will have Poseidon Med II is the second port the growth of regional LNG- the LNG terminal is estimated at the opportunity to develop new phase of an EU-funded project fuelled transport. The €363 million. Just under 28% of services, new skills and new tech- that involves the five member government is currently in the construction costs will be covered nologies in the field of LNG", states of Cyprus, Greece, Italy, final phase of selecting a strategic by finance from the EU’s Connect- Slaven Dobrovic, Croatian energy Croatia and Slovenia. investor and ground-breaking for ing Europe Facility (CEF) and 50 % minister said. "This is one of the most impor- the project is scheduled to begin of the costs for the pre-construc- tant energy projects not only at in 2019. tion study. Krk facility to boost the national, but also at the re- Eastern Mediterranean gional and European levels, as resources proven by today's decision on co- It is hoped that the development financing,” Dobrovic said. will feed into other European The Poseidon Med II project Union schemes in the Eastern aims to develop LNG bunkering Mediterranean such as the cross- infrastructure and introduce LNG border Poseidon Med II LNG pro- as the main fuel for the shipping ject. Poseidon Med II is the industry in the region in line with largest feasibility of LNG bunker- the Hellenic Transport Strategic ing installation sites in the Eastern Investment Plan (HTSIP) 2014- n Authorities plan to build an LNG terminal on the island of Krk Mediterranean and to date has al- 2025. 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Any opinions Stuart Fryer [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 20 8995 5540 expressed in this publication should not be [email protected] construed as those of the publisher.” 9 March 2017 LNG Fuelling NEWS l 3 Fosmax issues Marseille-Fos LNG fuelling tender French energy firm Fosmax LNG has issued a call for expressions of interest to develop further LNG fuelling infrastructure around its existing Fos Cavaou terminal near Marseille. “Fosmax LNG is considering mak- ing reservation phase by mid-2017. will provide fuel for heavy haulage Pulkauninkas, CEO of AB Klaipėdos ing short/medium-term invest- vehicles and passenger cars. Nafta, said. ments to modify its existing Chart Ferox To Commis- The Klaipėdos Nafta project in- facilities and to be able to receive sion Second LNG Station Decinske Giants Travel volves construction of an LNG the majority of existing or planned at Marseille-Fos To Klaipėda reloading station, LNG jetty and small scale LNG vessels at the Cryogenic specialist Chart Ferox Chart Ferox also announced that ancillary LNG refuelling equipment Fos Cavaou LNG terminal,” a has signed a contract with French three of its Decinske Giants cryo- for the Klaipėda LNG Terminal. spokesperson for Fosmax said. energy firm Proviridis to design genic storage tanks have been dis- The LNG station will be equipped The Fos Cavaou terminal is cur- and build a new LNG fueling sta- patched from its Czech facility for with truck filling stations and first rently limited to vessels with a tion close to the container termi- delivery to the Klaipėda LNG commercial operation is expected minimum capacity of 15,000 cubic nal at Marseille-Fos.