Top 5 news of the week January 30-February 5

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of January 30-February 5, 2023.

1) NYK’s 2021-built LNG carrier Grace Emilia ran aground in the Suez Canal on Wednesday, but the incident did not affect the traffic in the giant waterway.

2) Freeport LNG, the operator of the three-train 15 mtpa liquefaction plant in Texas, has secured approval from US FERC to start introducing LNG into the piping system at the plant.

3) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has won a new order to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

4) Seapeak, previously known as Teekay LNG Partners, has sold two small-scale LNG carriers to Dutch firm Titan.

5) Tellurian, the developer of the Driftwood LNG export project in Louisiana, has secured one more month to meet the conditions of its LNG supply deal with trader Gunvor.

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TotalEnergies to transfer Papua LNG operatorship to ExxonMobil

French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Monday that Papua LNG has achieved "major" contractual and commercial milestones, marking "decisive" steps towards a final investment decision. These include completing the EPC tendering process and transferring Papua LNG operatorship to US energy giant ExxonMobil, operator of the PNG LNG project.

Arctic LNG 2 seeks $1 billion from Hanwha Ocean over terminated LNG carrier orders

Novatek-led Arctic LNG 2 is seeking approximately $1 billion in damages from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean over terminated shipbuilding contracts for Arc7 ice-class LNG tankers.

K Line, Petronas name LNG carrier duo in China

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has hosted a naming ceremony for two 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers it built for Japan’s K Line and Malaysia’s Petronas.

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