Sinopec Corp pledged on Tuesday to maximise domestic gas productions and raise imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to record rates as a cold spell hitting large parts of the country this week lifts demand for the winter heating fuel. On

China imported 6.61 million mt of LNG in November, up 31.6% month on month and 1.6% higher year on year on rising domestic demand despite higher prices, according to data released Dec. 26 by the countrys General Administration of Customs. L

DNV GL, the worlds leading classification society, and HHI Group, the worlds largest shipyard, have teamed up to embark on the development of future-proof tanker designs. In a recent Green Tankers towards 2050 industry webinar, attended by

On December 10, the wind power company of ChinaState Shipbuilding Corporation and Xingcheng Municipal Government of Liaoning Province held a signing ceremony forthe large offshore wind power equipment Industrial Park and wind power resource

The Korean Register (KR) has developed new class rules that completely revise the existing structural rules for membrane-type LNG carriers. The new class rules apply the concept of EDW (Equivalent Design Wave) based on direct load analysis

On the morning of November 30th, the second 79960 m3 LNG carrier (H1789A) built by Hudong Zhonghua for Japanese K Line officially started construction. The project adopts the self-developed design and construction technology of Hudong Zhong

CNOOC: Dongfang 13-2 to meet energy demands of 1m people for 15 years The Dongfang 13-2 gas fields project, Chinas largest offshore high-temperature and high-pressure gas fields project, has been put into operation, its operator China Natio

Qatars AL MAFYAR, the largest LNG carrier to arrive at Tianjin Port, will be the 100th LNG carrier to be unloaded from a single berth at Sinopec LNG Terminal in Tianjin Nangang on Nov. 11, CCTV news reported. This ship is 345.33 meters long

On November 6, Gas Agility, the worlds largest and most advanced 18,600 m3 LNG bunkering ship built by Total, completed its first LNG bunkering operation in Rotterdam Port. On the same day, Gas Agility provided LNG bunkering for CMA CGM Ten

On November 3, COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard and CRCC Harbour and Channel Engineering Bureau Group signed the wind power installation vessel modification contract of TIE JIAN QIAN 01. TIE JIAN QIAN 01 is 78.6 meters long, 40 meters wide, 6 meter

State-owned China Oil and Gas Pipeline Network (PipeChina) has suspended construction work at the second phase of its Beihai liquefied natural gas terminal in southern China after a fire that killed five people. The fire broke out on Monday

The fourth and final conventional Yamal LNG carrier for the MOL-COSCO JV was delivered by the Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. A company official confirmed the delivery of LNG Megrez took place on October 31, noting that all the vessel

A group of niche Chinese gas firms is set to make waves in the global market with plans to invest tens of billions of dollars and double imports in the next decade as Beijing opens up its vast energy pipeline network to more competition. Th

On ctober 20, the naming ceremony of the 174,000 cubic meter LNG ship LNG MEGREZ built by Hudong Zhonghua, was held at Changxing Island base 0, marking the conclusion of Hudong Zhonghua Yamal LNG project. With a total length of 295 meters,

Swiss-based global mining and commodities trader Glencore is set to send its first spot liquefied natural gas cargo to Zhoushan in eastern China in a trading joint venture with Zhejiang Energy Group, a top company trader said. Glencores joi