With tightening emissions on the horizon and reduced fuel costs, LNG for marine applications has garnered lot of attention. However, there are relatively few ships fueled by LNG today and the vast majority operate only in northern Europe. Only one LNG-fueled ship is operating in North America today, Shell’s Harvey Energy. There are several reasons […]
Which ships will adopt LNG first?
Recently, we discussed LNG bunkering infrastructure across the globe and showed two different ways of building that infrastructure; through onshore and offshore bunkering facilities. If we assume that the LNG bunkering infrastructure will be constructed the next question to ask is “What ships will be most likely to adopt LNG first?” To do this, we […]
2017 ADI Forum Highlights: Natural Gas Exports
2017 North America Natural Gas and NGL Forum Highlights: Natural Gas Exports ADI Analytics hosted its first North America Natural Gas and NGL forum in Houston late February. The forum was well-attended with representatives from a wide range of companies including integrated oil and gas majors, refiners, E&P independents, industrial gas suppliers, equipment providers, technology […]
2017 Outlook for Oil & Gas, Energy, and Chemicals
As we embark on 2017, the oil and gas, energy, and chemical industries must grapple with uncertainty that stems from various factors including the OPEC deal, Donald Trump’s election, Brexit, slowing emerging economies, electric vehicles, and new regulations. The ADI team has assessed these factors and uncertainties in our outlook for 2017. We welcome feedback […]
Chinese Self-Imposed Marine Fuel Sulfur Limits
We have written extensively about Emission Control Areas (ECAs) and their impact on LNG as a marine fuel. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) set up regulations that require all vessels traveling within ECAs to adhere to fuel standards which set a maximum amount of sulfur content. Additionally, the IMO set up regulations, though less stringent, […]
LNG: Poised to Fuel the Next Generation of Cruise Ships
The world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, recently signed a memorandum of agreement with German and Finnish shipbuilders for three LNG fueled cruise ships. The ships are expected to be delivered in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This brings the total number of LNG fueled cruise ships on order by Carnival to seven. Additionally, Carnival’s first […]
New Applications for Reciprocating Compressors in LNG
Large supplies of cheap natural gas have caused many companies to search for gas monetization options. Most focus has been on the construction of large-scale LNG liquefaction facilities. However, there are several smaller markets that are also benefitting from and seeing new innovation in the wake of cheap, plentiful gas. For example, low-speed reciprocating compressors […]
The Panama Canal’s Expansion Impacts Crude Oil, LPG, and LNG
Today the Shell-chartered Maran Gas Apollonia became the first large LNG tanker to transit the newly expanded Panama Canal carrying cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction plant to East Asia. Since its inception in 1914, the Panama Canal has connected 160 countries and 1,700 ports around the world. Today, between 13,000 to 14,000 ships use […]
Applying Latin American LNG Strategies in the U.S.
The Bolivian state energy company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is using an LNG virtual pipeline, which is a system where LNG is produced in a liquefaction plant and is transported in tanker trucks to customers. The YPFB virtual pipeline includes a fleet of tanker trucks and mobile regasification units to transport LNG produced in […]
A Slowing Dragon: China’s LNG Demand Declines for the First Time
In 2014, China’s LNG demand peaked at 2.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) making it the third-largest LNG importer in the world behind Japan and South Korea. However, as the Chinese economy has slowed LNG demand declined for the first time since China started importing LNG in 2006. Figure 1 highlights the revised LNG […]
