LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of December 22-28, 2025.
1) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a contract worth approximately $503 million to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
2) Russian Zvezda yard has delivered what it says is the first Russian-built ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The 172,600-cbm Aleksey Kosygin is the first ice-class Arc7 carrier in a series of vessels that will serve the Novatek-operated Arctic LNG 2 project.
3) Nigeria LNG’s shipping unit Bonny Gas Transport (BGT) has ordered three liquefied natural gas carriers from Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua.
4) Texas-based Energy Transfer has suspended the development of its proposed Lake Charles LNG export facility in Louisiana.
5) Vitol’s German subsidiary, ViGo Bioenergy, has further expanded its network of LNG filling stations with the acquisition of Belgium’s Drive Systems.