Top 5 news of the week December 16-22

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of December 16-22, 2024.

1) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has started producing liquefied natural gas at its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana. With this, Plaquemines LNG becomes the eighth US LNG export facility.

2) The US Department of Energy has released its study on the economic and climate impacts of exporting increasing volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US.

3) ETYFA’s converted FSRU, which will serve the first Cyprus LNG import terminal in Vasilikos, has finally left Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry’s yard in Shanghai.

4) Singapore’s Seatrium and Golar LNG have decided to let their third FLNG conversion contract lapse.

5) French LNG containment giant GTT believes the replacement market is poised for significant growth over the next decade, driven by the aging LNG fleet, the demand for greater efficiency, and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, according to CEO Jean-Baptiste Choimet.

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Glenfarne still expects Texas LNG FID by end of this year

US energy firm Glenfarne confirmed it is targeting a final investment decision on its planned 4 mtpa Texas LNG export project in the port of Brownsville by the end of 2025 after the US FERC issued the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the project.

Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG back online after maintenance

Norwegian energy firm Equinor has resumed operations at its 4.3 mtpa Hammerfest LNG export plant following an extended maintenance shutdown, a spokesperson for Equinor told LNG Prime on Monday.

Kosmos: Tortue FLNG to hit full capacity in Q4

UK-based energy giant BP and its partners expect the 2.7 mtpa Golar FLNG Gimi, which serves the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, to reach its nameplate capacity in the fourth quarter of this year, according to US-based Kosmos Energy.

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