Top 5 news of the week April 14-20

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of April 14-20, 2025.

1) Australian LNG player Woodside has appointed Sarah Bairstow to lead its Louisiana LNG project.

2) Argentina’s state-owned oil and gas company YPF expects more supermajors to become equity partners in the planned Argentina LNG project following a deal with Shell, according to CEO Horacio Marin.

3) Italy’s Eni has signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina’s state-owned oil and gas company YPF to join the latter’s proposed Argentina LNG export project.

4) French energy giant TotalEnergies has exercised its option to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the planned fourth train at NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG facility in Texas.

5) China’s natural gas imports, including pipeline gas and LNG, dropped by 14.9 percent last month compared to March 2024, according to customs data.

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