Top 5 news of the week April 28-May 4

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of April 28-May 4, 2025.

1) Sempra Infrastructure and Bechtel confirmed that an incident took place on Tuesday at the Port Arthur LNG construction site in Texas, resulting in three fatalities and two injuries.

2) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has secured a $3 billion bank loan facility for its proposed CP2 LNG project in Louisiana.

3) France’s TotalEnergies and its partners in the giant Mozambique LNG project are planning to restart construction on the 12.8 mtpa project by the middle of this year, according to Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies.

4) Australian LNG player Woodside has made a final investment decision to develop the three-train, 16.5 mtpa Louisiana LNG project. The total capital expenditure for the LNG project, pipeline, and management reserve is $17.5 billion.

5) Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture of QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, is moving forward with the commissioning work at its giant LNG export facility in Texas with new approval from the US FERC.

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