LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of October 5-11, 2026.
1) New Fortress Energy’s Fast LNG (FLNG) project off Mexico’s Altamira is offline due to a mechanical issue with the facility’s gas turbine.
2) Portuguese energy firm Galp has won an arbitration case against US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG over LNG sales from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana.
3) Floating LNG player Golar has agreed to acquire the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia from Japan’s NYK Line to convert it into a floating LNG production unit.
4) Malaysian shipping firm MISC will order five additional newbuild 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua. The vessels will serve a 20-year charter with a unit of MISC’s parent, Petronas.
5) Singapore’s Seatrium will convert another LNG carrier into a floating storage and regasification unit for Turkiye’s Karpowership under a new contract.