LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of March 21-27, 2022.
1) Uniper and RWE have secured three floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), as Germany looks to replace Russian gas with LNG, according to the country’s Economy Minister, Robert Habeck.
2) Greece’s Mediterranean Gas, the developer of an FSRU-based import project which includes ExxonMobil, has received approval for its planned development in the port of Volos.
3) Shell has received approval from Australian regulator Nopsema to restart its giant Prelude FLNG located offshore Australia, following an incident in December last year.
4) Dynagas LNG Partners could look into converting its LNG carriers into FSRUs as Europe looks for fast-track import solutions in order to reduce dependence on Russian gas.
5) UTM Offshore is expecting to award the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Nigeria’s first floating LNG project in April, according to the company’s managing director and chief executive, Julius Rone.