Total, Pavilion in Singapore LNG Bunkers Pact
Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Pavilion Gas signed April 4 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on LNG bunkering co-operation in Singapore. It follows a similar agreement between Pavilion and ExxonMobil last year.
Pavilion Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore's Pavilion Energy, will supply LNG as a bunker fuel to Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions, Total’s affiliate in charge of worldwide bunkering activities, for LNG deliveries to its marine fuel customers in the port of Singapore. The parties may explore further co-operation in logistics for LNG bunkering activities, Total said in a statement.
In 2016, Pavilion Gas won an LNG bunker supplier licence by the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and it has also a permit to import LNG into Singapore. Last October, the International Maritime Organisation announced its members would reduce the amount of sulphur used in bunkering fuel to 0.5% in 2020 – five years earlier than some of its members were campaigning for.
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne (pictured below, right) said: “Our mission is to offer global and compliant solutions to our customers to meet the 2020 Global Cap requirements... In this context, developing a competitive worldwide LNG bunkering network will be key for the industry; securing access in the main hubs, such as Singapore, is part of our strategy. The MOU signed with Pavilion Gas is a real opportunity for Total to make further inroads in this promising new market.”
(Credit: Total)
Pavilion Energy CEO Seah Moon Ming (left) said LNG bunkering is a future driver for LNG demand growth: "The supply of LNG by Pavilion Gas as a bunker fuel in the port of Singapore supports Singapore’s position as a leading bunkering port, and contributes towards establishing a global LNG bunkering ecosystem."
Seah said September 2016 that Pavilion had agreed to collaborate with ExxonMobil in developing solutions for LNG bunkering in Singapore and, a month previously, Pavilion and Indonesia's Pertamina signed a MoU to cooperate on various projects including small-scale LNG.
William Powell