Qatar LNG news

Maritime Protection has been awarded a contract valued at €22.7 million to supply dry inert gas systems for 24 LNG carriers being constructed at a major shipyard in China as part of Qatar’s second LNG fleet expansion programme.

Registration is now open for the 21st International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) taking place on 2 – 5 February 2026, at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Nakilat has celebrated a steel cutting ceremony, marking the commencement of construction of 17 LNG vessels at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.

QatarEnergy will more than double LNG production from current 77 million t to 160 million, including production from Golden Pass LNG project in Texas, which will come online later in 2025, says Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has named a 174 000 m3 LNG vessel for QatarEnergy AL TUWAR.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd has entered into a long-term time charter contract of six QC-MAX, 271 000 m3 LNG carriers with QatarEnergy.

QatarEnergy LNG has celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Jetty boil-off gas facility, a project that has played a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from LNG loading operations.

QatarEnergy and Shell have entered into a new long-term sale and purchase agreement for the supply of 3 million tpy of LNG to China.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated four new conventional-size LNG vessels built in the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard and the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in the Republic of Korea as part of QatarEnergy’s fleet expansion programme.

Daniel Toleman, Research Director, Global LNG, and Kristina Gogoli, Senior Research Analyst, Gas & LNG, Wood Mackenzie, have reported another bumper yeah for LNG contracting, with Middle East sellers capturing the market share.