Top 5 news of the week August 5-11

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of August 5-11, 2024.

1) India’s Swan Energy has revealed plans to sell its 2020-built 180,000-cbm FSRU, Vasant 1.

2) US LNG exporting giant Cheniere has signed a long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas to Portuguese energy firm and LNG player Galp.

3) State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy is looking to order a new batch of the world’s largest LNG carriers in South Korea, adding to the 18 QC-Max LNG carriers it booked at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua earlier this year, according to shipbuilding sources.

4) US construction and engineering firm Kiewit disclosed “thousands of pages of confidential information” regarding Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG terminal to a unit of energy giant Shell, according to LNG exporter Venture Global LNG.

5) Germany’s Meyer Werft has floated out the second of three LNG-powered vessels it is building for Disney Cruise Line, a unit of the US-based Walt Disney Company.

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Eni seeks contractors for third Mozambique FLNG

Italian energy firm Eni and its partners in the Mozambique Rovuma Venture have invited companies to submit their expression of interest for the construction of one large floating LNG production unit with a capacity of up to 6 mtpa.

Vitol, IRH finalize 20-year LNG supply deal

Energy trader Vitol and UAE-based International Resources Holding (IRH) have signed a 20-year LNG sales and purchase agreement for volumes from Delfin Midstream’s floating LNG project in the US.

Golden Pass LNG gets green light to start commissioning of second train

Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture of energy giants QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, has secured approval from the US FERC to kick off the commissioning process for the second liquefaction train at its three-train plant in Texas.

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