Top 5 news of the week October 3-9

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of October 3-9, 2022.

1) Excelerate Energy will pay about $332 million for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) it ordered at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries.

2) State-owned Pakistan LNG said it had received no offers for its latest tender seeking bids for a total of 72 LNG shipments.

3) South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said it had terminated an order for two LNG carriers with a European shipowner.

4) DESFA’s Revithoussa liquefied natural gas import facility in Greece is preparing to receive the first cargo produced at Gazprom’s recently launched Portovaya LNG terminal in Russia’s Leningrad region, according to shipping data.

5) Spot charter rates for the global LNG carrier fleet in the Atlantic basin have reached a new record high, according to Spark Commodities.

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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.

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.

MOL’s LNG carrier to feature SOFC tech

Japan's MOL and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries have received approval from classification society LR for the design of a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier integrating solid oxide fuel fell (SOFC) technology.

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