LNG news updates

NextDecade Corp. has made a positive final investment decision on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG, closed financial transactions to fully fund Train 5 and related infrastructure, and issued full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. for Train 5.

LNG exporters in the US have announced plans to more than double US liquefaction capacity, adding an estimated 13.9 billion f3/d between 2025 – 2029, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

AS Latvenergo has concluded agreements for several natural gas supply transactions using the Inko Port LNG terminal in 4Q25.

The CMA CGM Group has signed a letter of intent for six state-of-the-art LNG-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd India.

TotalEnergies, Shell, and Metlen Energy & Metals have been selected for the supply of LNG to the Alexandroupolis Terminal in Greece for autumn/winter.

The first virtual liquefaction operation of biomethane has been completed at the Klaipeda LNG terminal, operated by KN Energies AB.

Avenir LNG Ltd has signed a time charter party with SeaRiver Maritime, LLC for Avenir’s second newbuild 20 000 m3 LNG bunker vessel.

JERA Co., Inc. has signed a strategic partnering agreement with the State of Hawai‘i to support Hawai‘i’s decarbonisation goals and energy transition.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. Ltd and Sunlink Energies and Resources Ltd have taken a final investment decision on the HI gas project offshore Nigeria.

The government of Gibraltar has announced that Shell LNG Gibraltar Ltd will transition the operations and maintenance of Gibraltar’s LNG terminal from Molgas Energy to px (Gibraltar) Ltd.

At the Americas LNG Summit & Exhibition – which returns to Lake Charles, Louisiana, on 19 – 21 October 2025 – energy executives from over 50 countries will share strategic insights on the rapid-growth industry in the US.

Eni and YPF have signed a final technical project description, an important step toward reaching the final investment decision for a 12 million tpy LNG phase of the integrated upstream-midstream Argentina LNG project.

In our October issue, Nathan Tungseth, Senior Vice President for LNG, ABB's Energy Industries division, discusses how integrated automation, digitalisation, and electrification will futureproof the build out of new LNG terminals.

Wallenius Sol has signed a co-operation agreement for its dual fuel vessels join Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime pool as compliance generators.

Stabilis Solutions has entered into a 10-year agreement with a leading global marine operator to supply LNG.

Nordsol brings its advanced biomethane liquefaction technology to Norway, converting locally produced biogas into renewable bio-LNG for heavy transport and shipping.

ExxonMobil is entering the LNG marine bunkering market, initially with two LNG bunker vessels.

Revolute Robotics has raised US$1.9 million in new funding to accelerate its mission to deploy across inspection, security, and defence teams.

OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has published available capacity for a new small scale LNG service.

ClassNK has agreed to collaborate with GTT Training Ltd to train professionals in the LNG and future fuels industry.

A methane slip reduction of 98% from LNG-fuelled vessels has been achieved in onboard trials.

Molgas has completed the full acquisition of Titan Clean Fuels.

XRG has reached a positive final investment decision on the Coral North floating LNG project.

ABS has granted two approvals in principal for advanced cargo handling systems for LNG carriers and ethane carriers, developed by HD KSOE.