LNG import news

In 2025, the Klaipeda LNG reloading station, operated by KN Energies, loaded the highest number of LNG trucks since the start of the station’s operations and handled a record number of small scale LNG carriers.

Research by the IEEFA shows the EU’s rising reliance on US LNG has created a potentially high-risk geopolitical dependency and could cause it to miss its gas demand reduction commitments.

RWE Supply & Trading and Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, part of Glenfarne Group, LLC, have signed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement for 1 million tpy of LNG.

Woodside Energy Trading Singapore Pte Ltd has announced the execution of a sale and purchase agreement with JERA Co., Inc. for the supply of 0.2 million tpy of LNG during Japan’s peak winter period for five years.

Petrovietnam Gas has signed a five year supply agreement with Shell for 400 000 tpy to be delivered to the Thi Vai terminal from 2027 – 2031.

Gulf Development Public Company Ltd has signed a long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement with ENGIE designed to reinforce Thailand's energy supply chain.

Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH has increased its contribution to supply security in 2025 compared with the previous two years.

In our October 2025 issue of LNG Industry, Chris Strong, Partner, Steven Wilson, Counsel, and Garrett Finch, Associate, Vinson & Elkins, explore the changing role the Middle East and North Africa region will play in the global LNG Industry.

In our December regional report, Go Katayama, Kpler LNG Insight, explores why China’s LNG demand retreated in 2025 and what lies ahead for 2026.

An LNG cargo from the US ordered by D.TRADING International SA has reached the Klaipeda LNG terminal, operated by KN Energies.