LNG
NEWS
8
LNG
INDUSTRY
SEPTEMBER
2016
DIARY DATES
20 - 23 September 2016
CWC World LNG & Gas Series: Asia Pacific
Summit
Singapore
asiapacific.cwclng.com
20 - 23 September 2016
LNGgc
London, UK
lnggc-london
26 - 28 October 2016
Gas Asia Summit & Exhibition
Singapore
07 - 10 November 2016
ADIPEC
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Finland
Gasum opens Finland’s first LNG filling station
for heavy duty vehicles
G
asum has announced the opening of Finland’s first LNG
filling station serving heavy duty vehicles and enabling
the distribution of biogas. The LNG filling station was opened
at Helsinki’s Vuosaari Harbor on 29 August 2016.
The Vuosaari filling station is part of the expansion of the
road fuel gas market. The next gas filling stations for heavy duty
vehicles will be opened in autumn 2016 in Turku and throughout
next year in Jyväskylä and Vantaa. Gasum is also implementing
several other gas filling station projects around Finland.
The LNG filling stations currently under construction have
been granted EU co-funding to facilitate the implementation
of the objectives of the pan-European TEN–T Core Network in
countries including Finland.
Jussi Vainikka, Business Development Manager, Biogas,
fromGasum, said: ”The demand for environmentally friendly
transport services is increasing. The growing supply of gas-fuelled
vehicles and the new filling stations will further improve the
opportunities to switch to road fuel gases. It’s great that vehicle
manufacturers are also actively involved in this development in
the Finnishmarket as well and that Iveco, Scania and Volvo are
offering gas-powered vehicles for the Finnishmarket. Gasum is
strongly committed to the development of gas vehicle use, and
one element in this is the construction of around 35 new gas filling
stations.”
27 - 28 September 2016
Tank Storage Asia
Singapore
11 - 13 October 2016
Natural Gas for High Horsepower Summit
Chicago, US
Pakistan
BW to provide Pakistan with FSRU
B
W Group has signed a 15-year agreement with Pakistan
GasPort Ltd (PGPL) to provide regasification services
utilising a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) for a
second LNG terminal in Pakistan.
BWsaid that the FSRU is scheduled for delivery in 4Q16. The
vessel will have a storage capacity of over 170 000m
3
and a peak
regasification capacity of 750million ft
3
/d.
TheManaging Director of BWLNG, Yngvil Åsheim, said: “We
are proud to be selected as the FSRU supplier for the Pakistan
project [...] BW is a leading player in the LNG sector, and we will
leverage on our many years of experience to support Pakistan
as they build their second LNG terminal. We look forward to a
strong partnership with Pakistan GasPort and to delivering our
commitments on time and at the highest quality.”
The Chairman of PGPL, Iqbal Z. Ahmed, added: “We are
delighted to be working with BWon this vitally important
infrastructure project, which is the result of policies aimed at
promoting investment and the renewed global faith in our
country’s economy.
“This landmark project will reduce Pakistan’s gas deficit by
30%, ensure fuel for 3600MWof newpower generation plants
being constructed in Pakistan to reduce power outages by 80%,
and save some US$1.5 billion in annual foreign-exchange savings.”
BWGroup said that the project will be commissioned by
30 June 2017 at Port Qasim, Karachi.
