LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of January 19-25, 2026
1) South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fermeuse Energy to jointly develop the latter’s planned LNG export project in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
2) UK-based LNG giant Shell will reduce the size of its executive committee from nine to eight members following the departure of Robin Mooldijk.
3) George Economou-led TMS Group has ordered four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from China’s Hudong-Zhonghua.
4) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has won an arbitration case against Spanish energy firm Repsol over LNG sales from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana.
5) German LNG terminal operator Deutsche ReGas said it had filed a legal challenge against the decision of the European Commission regarding state aid of up to 4.9 billion euros granted by Germany to state-owned DET for its FSRU-based terminals.