LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of August 18-24, 2025.
1) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured contracts worth $1.54 billion to build six liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
2) Iraq has shortlisted two companies to install a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at the Khor Al-Zubair port in Basra, according to Iraq’s oil ministry.
3) Shell-led LNG Canada is seeking approval from the Canadian energy regulator to boost its annual export capacity by 6.4 percent.
4) Amigo LNG, a unit of LNG Alliance, has signed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with a unit of Geneva-based trader Gunvor to supply the latter with liquefied natural gas from its planned 7.8 mtpa LNG export plant in Mexico.
5) Gasgrid’s FSRU-based LNG import terminal in Finland’s Inkoo will be offline until October due to a scheduled drydock visit by Excelerate Energy’s 150,900-cbm FSRU Exemplar.