LNG news updates

Eni has tested the Geliga-1 gas discovery, with results offering the potential to reactivate up to two additional LNG trains currently out of service at the Bontang plant.

BAR Technologies has delivered the LR2 tanker, Monza, to Union Maritime, the world’s first dual-fuelled LR2 tanker series combining LNG propulsion with WindWings® sail technology.

TMC Compressors has been contracted by Samsung Heavy Industries to supply the marine compressed air system to four LNG carriers that are being constructed for TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd.

Gunvor International B.V. Amsterdam has entered into a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement with Delfin LNG LLC.

GTT has received an order from the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding shipyard for the tank design of five new LNG carriers on behalf of MISC.

Matson, Inc. has started hull assembly on the second of three new LNG powered Aloha Class containerships designed for its Hawaii and China-Long Beach Express services, and the start of construction on its third new vessel at Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Inc. in Pennsylvania.

Edison announces that it has received an update from QatarEnergy of ongoing force majeure affecting LNG supplies delivered to the Adriatic LNG terminal.

Roeslein Renewables has announced its support for a new national push by the American Biofuels Maritime Initiative to secure a central role for American made biofuels in the future of global maritime shipping.

Lloyd’s Register has released its latest Fuel for thought: LNG report, offering an assessment of LNG’s evolving role as a mature and significant fuel in transition for the shipping industry.

According to the latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight platform, new orders for 20 LNG-fuelled vessels were placed in April 2026.

The CMA CGM GRAND PALAIS, the world’s largest LNG-powered container ship, has made its maiden voyage through the Suez Canal.

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply the cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for four new LNG bunkering vessels being built at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering shipyard in China for GSX Energy.

Max Rockall, Sagar Gupta, and Henry Spence, Squire Patton Boggs, consider what happens after the Strait of Hormuz crisis is resolved.

Bulgargaz EAD has launched a tender procedure for the delivery of one cargo of LNG to a terminal in Turkey.

The U.S. Secretary of Energy joined US officials and American companies at the Three Seas Initiative Summit to announce billions of dollars of private capital investment in the Central and Eastern European region.

PETRONAS and ENEOS Xplora have signed definitive agreements formalising ENEOS’ re-entry into Malaysia LNG Tiga Sdn. Bhd.

Vietnam Gas Corp. has imported over 71 000 t of LNG from Australia and 45 000 t of LPG from the US.

Lantern LNG Holding Company, LLC has announced its intention to use Honeywell as the end-to-end LNG technology and automation solutions provider for its planned offshore LNG development located off the coast of Texas in Matagorda Bay.

Prices for natural gas in Europe and Asia have diverged from those in the US since the 28 February closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported.

CTCI Thailand has secured EPC contracts totalling THB1.8 billion for the Olefins 3 cold energy utilisation project, a joint project by PTT Global Chemical and PE LNG.

HAM Group has announced that its entire network of refuelling stations will offer bio-LNG and/or bio-CNG during May.

Prime Minister Carney has announced the Canada Strong Fund – Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund, which will strategically invest in Canadian projects and companies driving its economic transformation.

Data released by Wood Mackenzie shows the Middle East conflict disrupted 80 million tpy of Gulf LNG exports, yet power markets absorbed the shock through fuel diversification.

Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have each separately signed an agreement with the Department of the Interior to voluntarily end their offshore wind leases, with the respective affiliate companies agreeing to make financial investments in LNG projects.