Top 5 news of the week August 5-11

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of August 5-11, 2024.

1) India’s Swan Energy has revealed plans to sell its 2020-built 180,000-cbm FSRU, Vasant 1.

2) US LNG exporting giant Cheniere has signed a long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas to Portuguese energy firm and LNG player Galp.

3) State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy is looking to order a new batch of the world’s largest LNG carriers in South Korea, adding to the 18 QC-Max LNG carriers it booked at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua earlier this year, according to shipbuilding sources.

4) US construction and engineering firm Kiewit disclosed “thousands of pages of confidential information” regarding Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG terminal to a unit of energy giant Shell, according to LNG exporter Venture Global LNG.

5) Germany’s Meyer Werft has floated out the second of three LNG-powered vessels it is building for Disney Cruise Line, a unit of the US-based Walt Disney Company.

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Galp wins Calcasieu Pass arbitration against Venture Global

Portuguese energy firm Galp has won an arbitration case against US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG over LNG sales from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana.

MISC to order five more LNG carriers for Petronas charter

Malaysian shipping firm MISC will order five additional newbuild 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at China's Hudong-Zhonghua. The vessels will serve a 20-year charter with a unit of MISC's parent, Petronas.

Seatrium scores Excelerate FSRU conversion gig

Singapore's Seatrium has secured a floating storage and regasification unit conversion contract with an option for a second contract from US FSRU player Excelerate Energy.

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