ship-to-ship transfer

Excelerate, Equinor complete first STS LNG transfer

Excelerate Energy and Equinor Energy completed the first-ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of LNG in The Bahamas on February 7, 2019. The STS was conducted using Excelerate’s 150,900 cbm floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar and Equinor’s 142,759 cbm LNG carrier Arctic Voyager.

Specifically, a LNG cargo was transmitted using the double-banked LNG transfer system while moored at Equinor’s South Riding Point storage and transshipment terminal, strategically located for storage and...

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Excelerate reaches milestone in LNG ship-to-ship transfer

Texas-based Excelerate Energy said its floating storage and regasification unit Exquisite completed the company’s 1,500th ship-to-ship LNG transfer operation. The transmit occurred at the Engro Elengy Terminal in Pakistan, according to the company.

Specifically, Excelerate’s FSRU Exquisite is placed in a channel of the Indus River east of Karachi.

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Also, the FSRU is Pakistan’s first LNG import terminal constructed to alleviate energy shortages in the country.

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Watch: World’s largest LNG FSRU operating in Turkey

Japanese shipping company MOL published a video of the world’s largest floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in operation in the Turkish port of Dörtyol, Hatay. The FSRU Challenger began operations in Turkey on February 2018.

The floating storage and regasification unit has an LNG storage capacity of 263,000 cubic meters and has re-shipment and gas transfer capabilities.

The FSRU also has a regas discharge capacity of 540 million cubic meters daily.

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Norwegian Arctic coast busy on natural gas tankers

An overall of 14 LNG carriers crowded at loading and reloading facilities in northern Norway on January 16. The number of the vessels reflects the busy days both Honningsvåg and Hammerfest,  two towns located along the coast of the Barents Sea. are experiencing.

Mainly, six tankers conducted ship-to-ship reloading of LNG in the Sarnes Fjord by Honningsvåg.

The STS is the biggest operation of its kind that took place in the area, as local STS operations started in late November 2018.

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Shell confirms small oil leak in ship-to-ship transfer in Brazil waters

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is guilty of a small amount of crude oil spill during a ship-to-ship oil transfer in Brazilian waters on November, as the company confirmed to Reuters.

Namely, approximately 200 milliliters of crude oil were released during the maneuver, which was stopped after the drip was detected, adding that authorities were notified and the incident left no trace of oil in the sea.

The spill was found when hoses connected tankers Vigdis Knutsen and Andromeda at Brazil’s Santos basin STS...

https://safety4sea.com/shell-confirms-small-oil-leak-in-seaborne-transfer-in-brazil-waters/

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