LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of February 16-22, 2026.
1) Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture owned by energy giants QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, is nearing the launch of the first liquefaction train at the facility in Texas, according to Wood Mackenzie data.
2) German LNG terminal operator Deutsche ReGas said that its FSRU-based LNG import facility in Mukran remains fully operational despite the current “challenging” weather conditions.
3) Japan’s Inpex expects to complete the front-end engineering design (FEED) work for the Abadi LNG project in Indonesia by the end of this year.
4) PetroVietnam Gas, a unit of state-owned PetroVietnam, is moving forward with its plans to build a new LNG import terminal in the central Ha Tinh province.
5) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a new order to build one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.