Top 5 news of the week September 9-15

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.

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.

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

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.

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Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG to commission third jetty

US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to introduce hazardous fluids to the third jetty at its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.

MOL’s LNG carrier to feature SOFC tech

Japan's MOL and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries have received approval from classification society LR for the design of a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier integrating solid oxide fuel fell (SOFC) technology.

KARMOL’s FSRU named in Singapore

KARMOL, a joint venture of Turkiye's Karpowership and Japan's MOL, has named its latest floating storage and regasification unit at Seatrium's yard in Singapore.

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