LNG news updates

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.

ConocoPhillips has signed long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements with Indonesia’s North Hub LNG sellers.

Delfin Midstream Inc. has taken a final investment decision for the first floating LNG vessel of the Delfin LNG project under development in Louisiana and offshore in the Gulf of America.

United Energy Corp. has announced the acquisition of Alkane Modus Vis Inc and subsequent purchase of assets from Alkane Midstream in a transaction valued at approximately US$31 million.

Carnival Corp. has carried out Latin America and the Western Caribbean’s first LNG bunkering, refuelling the Carnival Jubilee in Honduras.

New analysis from Wood Mackenzie examines how conflict over the Strait of Hormuz could reshape LNG supply, demand, and energy prices through 2045.

INEOS Energy has signed an LNG supply agreement with Marubeni Corp. for delivery into Asian markets from 2029.

The JGC Fluor BC LNG II joint venture with JGC Corp. has received limited notice to proceed for the proposed Phase 2 expansion of the LNG Canada export facility in British Columbia, Canada.

The engine type fitted to an LNG carrier when it was built is now the single most important factor in its compliance cost exposure, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

Gasunie and Vopak have taken the conditional investment decision for the EemsEnergyTerminal extension.

Marubeni Corp. has transferred its entire 40% stake in Everpower IPP Co., Ltd, which operates an LNG-fired combined cycle power generation project in Taiwan, to the Jack Wang Motors Group.

Argent LNG has announced the formal submission of four additional resource reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as part of its ongoing pre-filing process for the proposed LNG export terminal.

KN Energies has been awarded a contract by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. to provide commercial and operational advisory services for the FSRU project in the Gulf of Gdansk in Poland.

Honeywell has partnered with McNeese State University as the institution opens its LNG Center of Excellence on campus in Lake Charles to help train the next generation of process engineers and LNG professionals.

Bechtel has received limited notice to proceed from Cheniere for Train 7 at the Sabine Pass liquefaction expansion project in Southwest Louisiana.

Transnet National Ports Authority has signed a 25-year terminal operator agreement with Ukwanda LNG to develop an onshore LNG regasification facility at the Port of Ngqura.

Edison has received a further extension of the force majeure notice from QatarEnergy covering an additional five LNG cargoes, scheduled for delivery to the Adriatic LNG terminal between July and mid-August 2026.

Ofiniti has acquired Teqplay, extending its role from execution and documentation into real-time operational intelligence.

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe and Canada’s Ksi Lisims LNG have signed a heads of agreement for 1 million tpy of LNG on a free-on-board basis, with deliveries expected to begin by the early 2030s.

CB&I has received a contract award and full notice to proceed from Technip Energies on behalf of Caturus for five full containment concrete LNG storage tanks for the Commonwealth LNG project.

Construction has begun on a liquefied biogas facility, owned and developed by Nordion Energi at the Port of Gothenburg.

JGC Holdings Corp. and JGC Corp. have announced the development of a standardised design package for floating LNG production, storage, and offloading facilities.

Axpo has completed the first LNG bunkering of a cruise ship in Naples, Italy, refuelling Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess.

Mercuria Energy and Motor Oil Hellas have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a framework for long-term co-operation in connection with the Dioriga Gas FSRU project in Greece’s Saronic Gulf.