Natural gas news

NextDecade Corp. has made a positive final investment decision on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG, closed financial transactions to fully fund Train 5 and related infrastructure, and issued full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. for Train 5.

LNG exporters in the US have announced plans to more than double US liquefaction capacity, adding an estimated 13.9 billion f3/d between 2025 – 2029, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

AS Latvenergo has concluded agreements for several natural gas supply transactions using the Inko Port LNG terminal in 4Q25.

The CMA CGM Group has signed a letter of intent for six state-of-the-art LNG-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd India.

Avenir LNG Ltd has signed a time charter party with SeaRiver Maritime, LLC for Avenir’s second newbuild 20 000 m3 LNG bunker vessel.

JERA Co., Inc. has signed a strategic partnering agreement with the State of Hawai‘i to support Hawai‘i’s decarbonisation goals and energy transition.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. Ltd and Sunlink Energies and Resources Ltd have taken a final investment decision on the HI gas project offshore Nigeria.

Eni and YPF have signed a final technical project description, an important step toward reaching the final investment decision for a 12 million tpy LNG phase of the integrated upstream-midstream Argentina LNG project.

Wallenius Sol has signed a co-operation agreement for its dual fuel vessels join Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime pool as compliance generators.

Nordsol brings its advanced biomethane liquefaction technology to Norway, converting locally produced biogas into renewable bio-LNG for heavy transport and shipping.