Malasíska orku- og smurolíufyrirtækið í eigu ríkisins Petronas hefur tilkynnt um afhendingu þriggja nýrra orkunýttra skipa til að flytja fljótandi jarðgas (LNG) frá Norður-Ameríku.
The announcement comes in the run up to the expected start-up of LNG Kanada, in which Petronas has a 25% interest alongside other global energy giants like Shell.
Þessi útflutningsaðstaða í Kitimat, Bresku Kólumbíu mun státa af höfn sem er laus við ís og hefur aðgang að ódýru jarðgasi framleitt í Kanada, sem gerir henni kleift að útvega LNG til að mæta orkuþörf heimsins.
LNG er orðinn mikilvægur hluti af orkublöndunni í Bretlandi og víðari Evrópu í kjölfar innrásar Rússa í Úkraínu. Verksmiðjan, sem gert er ráð fyrir að komi á netið síðar á þessu ári, mun hafa einn lægsta styrkleika fyrir kolefnislosun í heiminum.
The three new vessels—which have been named Puteri Sejinjang, Puteri Mayang and Puteri Mahsuri—were built in Ulsan, Suður-Kórea at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries. Their addition doubles the number of LNG vessels that Petronas has dedicated to its operations out of North America. Each vessel can carry 174,000 cubic meters, and they are the biggest vessels in the company’s fleet.
Adnan Zainal Abidin, the chief operating officer of Petronas, said that LNG would be needed for the foreseeable future as a key element in the energy transition. He said the new LNG vessels demonstrated the company’s commitment to supplying its customers with this much-needed fuel in a reliable and cost-effective way.
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