Gasum and Equinor extend bio-LNG supply agreement through 2025

LNG supplier Gasum will continue supplying bio-LNG to two of Norwegian energy firm Equinor’s tugboats, Borgøy and Bokn, throughout 2025.

PHOTO: Gasum delivering bioLNG to Equinor's supply vessel. Gasum

Gasum recently bunkered one of these tugboats, Borgøy, with an unspecified amount of bio-LNG at the Port of Kårstø in Norway.

Biogas used as fuel will be produced from waste feedstocks such as biowaste, sewage sludge, manure and other industrial and agricultural side streams, Gasum said. The gas must then be converted into biomethane by removing CO2, before it can be liquefied and used as bunker fuel.

Bio-LNG, also known as liquefied biomethane (LBM), consists of approximately 99.8% methane.

This composition allows LBM to function as a drop-in fuel for LNG, much like biofuels can be blended with MGO or VLSFO. Vessels capable of running on LNG do not require modifications to operate on pure LBM or LBM-LNG blends.

By Konica Bhatt

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