LNG news updates

The vessel was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and was delivered on 2 August.

Mr Ian Revell has been appointed as the Society’s new Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, in succession to Capt Andrew Clifton.

Cove Point LNG, an LNG export and import facility in Lusby, Maryland, US, loaded its 300th commercial cargo at the end of July.

Freeport LNG and the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration have entered into a consent agreement to ensure the facility can resume operations.

The project, located in Suriname, will gather the natural gas normally wasted through flaring by offshore oil platforms and turn it into LNG.

By tracking the import and export in volume of LNG, the indicator provides supply side commodity and energy futures traders with crucial insights at least one month in advance of official data.

The MoU is related to the development of the private regasified LNG sector in Pakistan, which is designed to enhance Pakistan’s energy security.

The companies have agreed to develop a renewable electricity plan, which would supply Sempra Infrastructure's affiliated facilities in Texas, US.

Denis Bonhomme has joined the TotalEnergies Marine Fuels team, and will oversee all commercial and operational activities for the business’ marine fuel solutions portfolio.

ENGIE has purchased the remaining 1 billion m3 capacity of the LNG terminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.

GTT has received an order from its partner the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries for the tank design of eight new LNG carriers on behalf of a European shipowner.

Pacific Energy and Enbridge have announced an agreement to jointly invest in the construction and operation of the Woodfibre LNG project, Canada.

Keppel O&M has successfully delivered the first of two new-build LNG-fuelled containerships to Pasha Hawaii, a shipping and logistics company in the US.

Compared with 2H21, US LNG exports increased by 12% in 1H22, averaging 11.2 billion ft3/d, according to EIA.

Viva Energy has entered into commercial agreements with GeelongPort for the construction and provision of necessary infrastructure for the proposed gas terminal in the Port of Geelong, Australia.

The event will be held in Athens for the first time and will run from 29 November to 02 December.

Under the SPA, ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific will purchase 1.0 million tpy of LNG, which will be supplied from the first two trains of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project.

The tanker is owned by Total Gas & Power Chartering and had completed more than 36 000 operating hours.

The tanker will run on LNG/LBG and will be built at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, China.

Snam and Edison have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at developing the small scale LNG market in Italy.

The companies have announced several agreements to advance the joint development of critical energy infrastructure projects in Mexico, including the potential development of an LNG terminal.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, June’s LNG exports averaged a 1.5 billion ft3/d decline from May due to the Freeport LNG outage.

The companies have signed an MoU with the aim of establishing LNG bunkering services in Egypt Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea.

Stade will be the site of one of the four floating LNG terminals – so-called FSRUs – chartered by the Federal Government of Germany.