LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of May 18-24, 2026.
1) Floating LNG player Golar LNG said it had reserved long-lead items for its fourth FLNG due to recent progress across multiple projects.
2) Japan’s power firm and LNG trader Jera is seeking approval from the US FERC to initiate the pre-filing process for its planned FSRU-based LNG import facility in Hawaii.
3) China’s CIMC Raffles is moving forward with converting Golar LNG’s 148,000-cbm Moss-type carrier, Fuji LNG, into an MKII FLNG with a capacity of 3.5 mtpa. Following completion in the fourth quarter next year, this FLNG will be deployed in Argentina in 2028 under a charter deal with SESA.
4) Japan’s Inpex said that it had reached preliminary agreements with energy giants BP and Shell, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), a unit of Indonesia’s Pertamina, and Indonesia’s state power company PLN relating to LNG offtake from the planned Abadi LNG project in Indonesia.
5) Turkiye’s Karpowership, a part of Karadeniz, has signed a three-year deal to deploy a powership and a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.