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Lloyd’s Register and Pusan National University announce partnership

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed an agreement with the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center at Pusan National University (PNU) in South Korea, forming an international partnership aimed at advancing liquefied hydrogen carrier technology and cryogenic engineering.

 

QatarEnergy and joint venture names new LNG carrier

On 17 April 2025, a joint venture company comprising NYK, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd, MISC Berhad, and China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Ltd held a naming ceremony for a new LNG carrier for QatarEnergy.

 
 

Woodside signs LNG supply agreements with Uniper

Woodside has signed LNG sale and purchase agreements with Uniper for the supply of 1.0 million tpy from Louisiana LNG LLC and up to 1.0 million tpy from its global portfolio.

 

CB&I and Shell demonstrate liquid hydrogen storage tank

CB&I, Shell, GenH2, and the University of Houston have announced the completion of a liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank concept at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, US.

 
 

Digitally transforming downstream operations

Shaista Mallik, Seeq, details how downstream operations face a variety of challenges that are surmountable by effective use of innovative digital tools.

 

Insight through innovation

Aldrin Tan, Tracerco, Malaysia, explores the use of nucleonic instrumentation within the growing Asian petrochemical market.