Tanks & terminals

Petrobras has signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the lease and operation of the FPSO Mero 2 to be deployed in the Mero field offshore Brazil.

InfraStrata has signed a binding term sheet with Vitol to enter into a gas storage agreement for long-term capacity offtake at a proposed storage facility in Northern Ireland.

Martin Midstream Partners has agreed to sell its interests in a number of natural gas storage companies to Hartree Bulk Storage.

Lindsay Goldberg’s 49% shareholding in Odfjell Terminals US has been sold to Northleaf Capital Partners.

BP will store over 1 million bbl in IEnova receipt and storage terminals in Manzanillo and Guadalajara, Mexico.

GlobalData has reported that North America and Asia will be the frontrunners in terms of global LNG liquefaction and regasification capacity growth.

As project leader, Saipem holds a share of around US$6 billion of the EPC contract to construct the LNG project in Mozambique.

Shell has increased storage capacity at its Bukom refinery in Singapore to nearly 1.3 million bbl by building two large crude oil tanks.

In a move to develop Angola’s natural gas infrastructure, New Fortress Energy has signed an MoU with three Angolan Ministries regarding a new LNG terminal.

SENER has named Borja Zárraga as Business Development and Commercial Manager of the company’s Energy sector.

GlobalData has reported that Russia will contribute 32% of global new-build underground gas storage capacity growth by 2023.

The API has published a new guide for innovative drone use in the oil and natural gas industry.

Intertek Caleb Brett has opened its new laboratory in St James, Louisiana, for the testing and inspection of crude oil.

Chart recently welcomed a group of senior officials from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to its facility in Sri City, India.

Sentinel Midstream’s subsidiary, Texas GulfLink, has submitted a licence application to MARAD to construct a deepwater crude oil export facility.