Harvey Gulf International Marine says it has completed the first successful refueling at its newly constructed LNG terminal facility in Port Fourchon.
In a news release, the company says it transferred 43,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas to the M/V Harvey Energy, the country’s first LNG-powered ship. The terminal pumps LNG at 550 gallons per minute and features three 90,000-gallon vacuum insulated tanks.
“This a testament to Harvey Gulf’s commitment to promoting the use of LNG, a clean, abundant, and cost-effective alternative marine fuel,” Harvey Gulf Chairman and CEO Shane Guidry says in a statement. “With the completion of our LNG terminal at Port Fourchon, we are able to provide a LNG bunkering point at the epicenter of marine operations for the Gulf of Mexico, which is vital to continuing the shift to LNG as a marine fuel.”
The M/V Harvey Energy, delivered to Harvey Gulf last year, is one of two LNG-powered ships Harvey Gulf owns. The second is the M/V Harvey Power, and both ships are under charter to Shell and support Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.
Harvey Gulf was founded in 1955 and specializes in offshore supply and multi-purpose support vessels for deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
