LNG news updates

OLT Offshore LNG Toscana received its first small scale LNG cargo at the FSRU Toscana terminal, marking the operational launch of commercial activities for this new service.

TT-Line and Everllence PrimeServ Germany have worked together to operate Ro-Ro passenger vessels on bio-LNG during 2025.

Sidara have announced the completion of its acquisition of John Wood Group plc, a global leader in consulting, engineering, and operations for energy and materials.

TSUNEISHI YURA DOCKYARD Co., Ltd has completed the prescribed technical training provided by GTT concerning the repair and maintenance of membrane-type LNG carriers and consequently obtained the approved repair yard license.

ICIS has outlined several disruption scenarios to examine the potential implications of the ongoing Strait of Hormuz disruption for European gas prices, LNG availability, and storage levels.

Seatrium Ltd has been awarded a contract by Karpowership, for the conversion of a new FSRU.

GTT has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of one new LNG carrier on behalf of a European shipowner.

Avenir Marine Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avenir LNG, has signed a framework fuel supply agreement with the shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk.

BW LNG has announced that BW Borealis was delivered from Hanwha Ocean’s Okpo Shipyard in South Korea and has commenced her long-term charter with Equinor.

Wood Mackenzie has warned that the Middle East conflict threatens 200 million tpy of Asian LNG demand growth over the next decade as Qatar declares force majeure on shipments.

As a prelude to the launch of its ship-to-ship LNG bunkering business in April 2026, Osaka Gas has held a naming ceremony for its first-ever LNG bunkering vessel at Shitanoe Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

INPEX JAPAN, LTD has commenced the supply of LNG to Rengo Co., Ltd’s Kanazu Plant in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, using LNG tank trucks.

Further to its announcement to stop production of LNG and associated products, QatarEnergy has declared force majeure to its affected buyers.

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe and Southern Energy S.A. have entered a sales and purchase agreement for an eight-year LNG supply partnership.

United European Car Carriers is further expanding its fleet of eco-friendly pure car and truck carriers with the order of two additional multi-fuel battery hybrid newbuilds at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing.

US developers signed sale and purchase agreements for 40 million tpy of LNG in 2025 from planned export facilities, according to U.S. Department of Energy and company website data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

China Merchants Heavy Industry has contracted TMC Compressors to deliver a complete marine compressed air system for newbuild LNG dual-fuel containerships that are being constructed by the Chinese shipbuilder.

CLPe and CNOOC has completed Hong Kong’s first LNG ship-to-ship bunker operation for a very large crude carrier, Maran Dione.

Venture Global, Inc. and Trafigura have announced the execution of an agreement for the purchase of approximately 0.5 million tpy of US LNG for five years commencing in 2026.

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd has decided to withdraw from a project to construct an LNG terminal in the northern part of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

ICIS has provided analysis and context on the evolving situation in the Middle East and its impact on energy markets.

Due to military attacks on QatarEnergy’s operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City in Qatar, QatarEnergy has ceased production of LNG and associated products.

Collett has completed the delivery of three Enercon E-138 wind turbines to the Dragon LNG facility.

The U.S. Secretary of Energy has signed an export authorisation for a 12% expansion in exports at Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi LNG terminal.