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Spanish ties land STX in LNG debut
The two winners of a LNG tender have handed one yard a big break.
Spanish utilities Gas Natural and Repsol have selected Knutsen OAS Shipping of Norway and Spain's Elcano to build up to five LNG-carrier newbuildings and in the process given South Korea's STX Shipbuilding its big break into the LNG-export sector.
TradeWinds understands that Knutsen has won business for two vessels with an option for a third and Elcano has been awarded a contract for one ship and an optional
second. The deal for the first three first ships, all of which are of over 170,000 cbm, was signed in Spain this week. Deliveries are set from 2010 onwards. Knutsen already has two speculatively ordered LNG carriers contracted at Daewoo Shipbuilding&Marine Engineering Co and it is believed these two are the ones selected for the business.
The company also has a third LNG carrier on order at Spain's Sestao shipyard that has been earmarked for work with the Spanish partners from the outset. But it is Elcano's win that is likely to cause the greatest excitement, especially for STX, which has been battling to secure a toehold in the LNG-newbuilding sector for well over a year.
Elcano's LNG newbuilding at the yard is rumoured to be priced at a knockdown $205m, a whopping $25m cheaper than prices at competing South Korean yards. STX offered Elcano exclusive newbuilding berths and has opted to build membrane-type LNG carriers of Gaztransport&Technigaz's NO 96 design. STX officials said last month the yard currently has capacity to build three to four LNG carriers a year. Elcano and Knutsen beat off two other shipowners and three consortia that were also offering in for the business. The Spanish utility partners, which operate their LNG-transport business together under the name Stream, originally asked for offers on six ships, one of which was a panamax-size unit and the rest between 140,000 cbm and 170,000 cbm.
However, in making their final decision Gas Natural and Repsol dropped the panamax and opted for three firm vessels at the upper end of their size category. Sources watching the business closely suggest the firm ships are most likely to be used to lift cargoes from the Peru LNG project, from which Repsol is buying product. They link the optional ships to the partners' much-delayed Gassi Touil LNG project in Algeria.
Shipowners offering in for Stream's business were also asked to bid on a second batch of five ships of between 165,000 cbm and 170,000 cbm. It is understood these vessels were being considered for possible imports of LNG from Iran. Repsol is a partner in the Persian LNG project but this business is currently described as being on the back burner.
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Spanish utilities Gas Natural and Repsol have selected Knutsen OAS Shipping of Norway and Spain's Elcano to build up to five LNG-carrier newbuildings and in the process given South Korea's STX Shipbuilding its big break into the LNG-export sector.
TradeWinds understands that Knutsen has won business for two vessels with an option for a third and Elcano has been awarded a contract for one ship and an optional
second. The deal for the first three first ships, all of which are of over 170,000 cbm, was signed in Spain this week. Deliveries are set from 2010 onwards. Knutsen already has two speculatively ordered LNG carriers contracted at Daewoo Shipbuilding&Marine Engineering Co and it is believed these two are the ones selected for the business. The company also has a third LNG carrier on order at Spain's Sestao shipyard that has been earmarked for work with the Spanish partners from the outset. But it is Elcano's win that is likely to cause the greatest excitement, especially for STX, which has been battling to secure a toehold in the LNG-newbuilding sector for well over a year.
Elcano's LNG newbuilding at the yard is rumoured to be priced at a knockdown $205m, a whopping $25m cheaper than prices at competing South Korean yards. STX offered Elcano exclusive newbuilding berths and has opted to build membrane-type LNG carriers of Gaztransport&Technigaz's NO 96 design. STX officials said last month the yard currently has capacity to build three to four LNG carriers a year. Elcano and Knutsen beat off two other shipowners and three consortia that were also offering in for the business. The Spanish utility partners, which operate their LNG-transport business together under the name Stream, originally asked for offers on six ships, one of which was a panamax-size unit and the rest between 140,000 cbm and 170,000 cbm.However, in making their final decision Gas Natural and Repsol dropped the panamax and opted for three firm vessels at the upper end of their size category. Sources watching the business closely suggest the firm ships are most likely to be used to lift cargoes from the Peru LNG project, from which Repsol is buying product. They link the optional ships to the partners' much-delayed Gassi Touil LNG project in Algeria.
Shipowners offering in for Stream's business were also asked to bid on a second batch of five ships of between 165,000 cbm and 170,000 cbm. It is understood these vessels were being considered for possible imports of LNG from Iran. Repsol is a partner in the Persian LNG project but this business is currently described as being on the back burner.
A ver que pasa con Teekay, que como se confirme ésto va a ser un mazazo para mucha gente y un paso atrás...
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