LNG news updates

Santos has announced a final investment decision to proceed with the Agogo production facility tie-in project in Papua New Guinea, following approval by the PNG LNG joint venture.

PETRONAS LNG Ltd has signed a 20-year time charter agreement with MISC Group for five newbuild 174 000 m3 LNG carriers.

Titan Clean Fuels has chartered UNITED LNG I, a new LNG bunker vessel owned by Somtralux and operated by United Bunkers.

Svanehøj has acquired H&K Services B.V., a Dutch company specialising in the service and repair of marine fuel and cargo gas pumps.

Woodside has released an economic impact assessment by Deloitte Access Economics which estimates the Browse to North West Shelf project could contribute a long-term uplift of more than AUS$141 billion in gross domestic product nationally.

SGMF is partnering with Ofiniti to simplify and standardise LNG bunker compatibility assessments.

MISC Group has announced the naming of its two new generation LNG carriers, Seri Dian and Seri Dayang, for SeaRiver Maritime LLC.

Excelerate Energy has executed a nine-month time charter party agreement with NEPCO to deploy an FSRU to the country’s existing LNG terminal.

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.