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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TotalEnergies seals Ksi Lisims LNG deal

French energy giant TotalEnergies has signed a 20-year deal with Ksi Lisims LNG to buy LNG from the latter's planned export project in Canada. In addition, TotalEnergies will acquire a 5 percent stake in Houston-based Western LNG, the developer, shareholder, and future operator of the Ksi Lisims LNG project.

QatarEnergy eyes major LNG trading expansion

State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy aims to increase trading of non-Qatari physical LNG volumes to 30 to 40 million tons by 2030, according to Qatar’s energy minister and chief executive of QatarEneergy, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi.

BP ships second Tortue LNG cargo

UK-based energy giant BP and its partners have sent the second LNG cargo produced at the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal, according to shipping data.

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