LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of August 21-27, 2023.
1) BW LNG, a unit of Singapore-based gas giant BW, will later this day investigate the condition of its 2021-built LNG carrier, BW Lesmes, after the vessel ran aground and subsequently allided with another ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal.
2) US LNG terminal developer Tellurian is working with compatriot energy services firm Baker Hughes to secure long-lead items for its Driftwood LNG project, while engineering and construction giant Bechtel continues to progress initial work at the site in Louisiana.
3) FSRU owner Hoegh LNG Holdings said on Wednesday that its near-term focus is to ensure its FSRU projects start operations as planned by its customers in France and Brazil over the coming months.
4) Delfin Midstream, the US developer of a floating LNG export project in the Gulf of Mexico, is joining forces with China’s Wison Offshore & Marine to develop floating LNG producers.
5) US LNG exporter Cheniere has signed a long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas to German chemicals giant BASF.
