
CMRE Listens to the Sea to Know it Better
The oceanographic campaign GLISTEN ‘15, starting off Elba Island, Italy at the end of August 2015, will test new sensors and solutions for ocean characterization using underwater gliders. Scientists from the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation will operate on board the NATO Research Vessel Alliance along with researchers from nine collaborating institutions. From August 26 to September 9, 2015, the NATO research vessel Alliance will conduct the oceanographic campaign GLISTEN ‘15, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Elba Island. The trial will be preceded by five days
Export of US LNG: Company to be Formed
Shell US Gas & Power & Kinder Morgen subsidiary Southern Liquefaction Company to exploit LNG export opportunities. The two companies have announced their intent to form a limited liability company to develop a natural gas liquefaction plant in two phases at Southern LNG's existing Elba Island LNG Terminal, near Savannah, Ga. Subject to various corporate and regulatory approvals, Shell and Kinder Morgan affiliates have agreed to modify EPB’s Elba Express Pipeline and Elba Island LNG Terminal to physically transport natural gas to the terminal and to load the liquefied natural