LNG news updates

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.

QatarEnergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of he Egypt and ExxonMobil to study enabling the potential development and commercialisation of gas discoveries in Cyprus through Egypt’s existing gas and LNG export infrastructure.

Seaspan Energy has secured an annual LNG term bunkering contract for car carriers at the Port of Vancouver in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

Eni has signed three long term agreements with the LNG sellers of South Hub and North Hub gas projects for the purchase of LNG in Indonesia.

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has supported MSC Cruises in becoming the first cruise line to achieve independent verification and Flag State recognition of actual methane emissions from its ships for the purposes of FuelEU Maritime compliance.

MidOcean Energy has announced a US$120 million equity investment from The Arab Energy Fund as part of its current equity capital raise.

Oman LNG has entered into a co-operation agreement with Adroit to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen innovation.

Novity, a leading predictive maintenance platform for process industries, has announced a strategic investment from Acario Innovation the corporate venture capital division of Tokyo Gas.

INPEX has advanced LNG and pipeline natural gas offtake discussions for the Abadi LNG project, located in the Masela Block, Indonesia.

‘K’ LINE has held a naming ceremony for a 174 000 m3 membrane-type LNG vessel for Diamond Global Energy Pte. Ltd at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Novity has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Chiyoda Corp. to jointly deploy an integrated solution combining Novity’s predictive maintenance AI platform with Chiyoda’s operations & maintenance total solution platform.

The FSRU vessel for GAZ-SYSTEM’s FSRU programme has been launched at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.

The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. has decided to proceed with a renewal project at the Himeji No. 1 power station with state-of-the-art high-efficiency combined cycle units.

SK Innovation, PV Power, and NASU has held a ceremony for the launch of the Quynh Lap LNG project and infrastructure groundbreaking ceremony in Vietnam.

Karpowership has announced a three-year LNG-to-power project in partnership with CENACE in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

The Posidonia 2026 exhibition in Athens will welcomes the largest-ever showcase of modern wind propulsion technologies at the trade fair.