LNG news updates

ADIPEC 2026 will take place in Abu Dhabi from 2 – 5 November 2026 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, and will mobilise investment in resilient and intelligent energy systems.

DNV and the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry have awarded an approval in principle certificate to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for a new 12 000 m3 LNG bunkering vessel design, tailored to the needs of cruise ships.

Lloyd Register's design appraisal confirms the technical readiness of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' fore-accommodation LNG carrier design featuring MOL's Wind Challenger hard-sail system.

EXMAR has entered into agreements with CI-Energies and Petroci for a 10 years’ lease of an FSRU in the Port of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

LNG Alliance has selected of Technip Energies for an enhanced project management consultant role for the AMIGO LNG project in Mexico.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency will bring a delegation of energy sector decision makers from Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco to the US to showcase US LNG technologies that can support the development of priority gas infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa.

DNV has awarded HD Hyundai Heavy Industries an approval in principle certificate for their new 271 000 m3 LNG carrier design.

Lloyd's Register, Seapeak, Kongsberg Maritime, and Tunable have joined forces to advance emissions compliance through the deployment and verification of onboard emissions monitoring technology.

Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH has started preparations to commission the Stade floating LNG terminal, with the docking of the FSRU Energos Force.

Korean Register has signed a memorandum of understanding with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, BAR Technologies, and the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry to jointly develop an LNG carrier equipped with the WindWings® wind-assisted propulsion system.

Caturus LLC has announced a five train, 7.75 million tpy expansion project for its Commonwealth LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which would nearly double the site’s planned capacity to approximately 17.25 million tpy.

Santos has announced two new separate non-binding LNG agreements with POSCO Steel and Western LNG.

Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 3 project, with an expanded capacity of 3.1 billion ft3/d, has made the Corpus Christi terminal the second-largest facility in the US.

Sempra Infrastructure has announced a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with Petrobras, under which Sempra Infrastructure will supply approximately 0.8 million tpy of LNG.

Venture Global, Inc. and China Gas Holdings Ltd have executed a new sales and purchase agreement for the purchase of 0.5 million tpy of US LNG from Venture Global for 20 years starting in 2030.

Lloyd’s Register has joined forces with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to develop a new generation of LNG carrier designs using hybrid electric propulsion.

Naftogaz Group and Kino Aski LNG have signed a memorandum of understand-ing on potential co-operation in the supply of low-carbon LNG from Canada to the European market.

MET International and Shell have entered into a new long-term LNG purchase agreement, whereby Shell will supply MET with LNG from its US portfolio over a multi-year period.

CB&I and AG&P Industrial have completed and commissioned two 60 000 m3 full containment LNG storage tanks at the LNGPH Ilijan LNG facility in the Philippines.

METLEN and PETRONAS have entered into a sale and purchase agreement for a long-term supply of LNG to Greece.

Baker Hughes and Venture Global LNG are expanding their long-standing collaboration to advance critical US gas infrastructure including the Cloud Connector Pipeline project and Plaquemines LNG facility.

Kanata Clean Power & Climate Technologies Corp. and Hanwha Ocean’s Energy Plant Unit have agreed to indicative terms for a strategic partnership to move towards a definitive agreement and launch of pre-FEED study for the proposed 12 milion tpy floating LNG project in British Columbia, Canada.

Wood has been awarded a new US$200 million contract by ExxonMobil PNG for construction services in support of the PNG LNG project in Papua New Guinea.

RWE and ADNOC have signs a letter of intent regarding future LNG supplies.