Top 5 news of the week April 18-24

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of April 18-24, 2022.

1) Australian contractor CIMIC said it has agreed to pay A$492.5 million ($365 million) to settle a dispute with JKC Australia over construction work at the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG export project near Darwin.

2) India’s cryogenic tech firm Inoxcva has won a contract from a joint venture consisting of Antigua Power Company and US firm Eagle LNG to build a small regasification plant in Antigua.

3) US energy services firm Baker Hughes expects LNG players to take final investment decisions for up to 150 million tonnes per year of new liquefaction capacity in the next two years, according to chief executive Lorenzo Simonelli.

4) Estonian investment firm Infortar is joining forces with compatriot energy company Alexela to develop the FSRU-based LNG import terminal in Paldiski, as the country looks to phase out Russian gas supplies.

5) BW LNG’s carrier, BW Lilac, has rescued a German couple in distress on a sailing vessel offshore Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

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Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG to commission third jetty

US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to introduce hazardous fluids to the third jetty at its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.

Samsung Heavy, KR to develop three-tank LNG carrier

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of understanding with compatriot classification society KR to jointly develop a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier featuring three cargo tanks.

Another FSRU arrives in Egypt

The 160,000-cbm FSRU Energos Eskimo has arrived in Egypt from Jordan, according to shipping data. The unit is one of four FSRUs that will serve a charter deal with Egypt's EGAS as the country seeks to meet its growing demand for natural gas.

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