LNG news updates

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.

TotalEnergies has signed a preliminary agreement with Glenfarne for the long-term offtake of 2 million tpy of LNG from the Alaska LNG project over 20 years.

Through close collaboration with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Shell Eastern Trading (Pte) Ltd, Yang Ming’s lead container vessel, YM Willpower, bunkered around 3500 t of LNG in Singapore

Venture Global, Inc. and Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd have executed a new sales and purchase agreement for the purchase of 1.5 million tpy of US LNG from Venture Global for 20 years.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. has entered into a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement with CPC Corp., Taiwan.

Naftogaz Group, in co-operation with Ignitis Group, has secured the supply of 90 million m3 of US LNG to be delivered to Ukraine via the LNG terminal in Lithuania.

The launch ceremony of the first NGUYA FLNG cargo loading was recently held for Eni’s NGUYA FLNG offshore Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.

The Adriatic LNG terminal injected 8.2 billion m3 of natural gas into the grid in 2025, covering more than 13% of national gas demand.

MET International AG and Shell have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to expand their existing long-term co-operation in LNG and gas trading.