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Top 5 news of the week September 9-15

By LNG Prime Staff
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LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of September 9-15, 2024.

1) Belgian shipowner Exmar is working to develop new floating liquefaction and regasification projects.

Exmar working on new FLNG projects

2) China’s Hudong-Zhonghua hosted a naming ceremony for the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built as part of QatarEnergy’s massive shipbuilding program.

QatarEnergy welcomes first LNG carrier of its massive shipbuilding program

3) State-owned producer Oman LNG has signed a sales and purchase agreement with a unit of Thailand’s PTT.

Oman LNG inks SPA with Thailand’s PTT

4) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to start reverse cooldown activities at its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana, as part of the terminal’s commissioning phase.

Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG gets OK to start cooldown activities

5) Russian LNG producer Novatek denied on Tuesday it is establishing a “shadow fleet” of LNG carriers to transport LNG from its Arctic LNG 2 project.

Novatek says it is not involved in establishing ‘shadow fleet’ of LNG carriers

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