Top 5 news of the week January 2-8

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of January 2-8, 2023.

1) Denmark’s Celsius Tankers has ordered four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at China Merchants Heavy Industry in Jiangsu, according to shipbuilding sources.

2) The state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and MUFG Bank are providing a loan worth $71 million to finance MOL’s FSRU project in Senegal.

3) Tellurian, the developer of the Driftwood LNG export project in Louisiana, has one month to meet the conditions of its LNG supply deal with trader Gunvor.

4) Germany’s first FSRU-based import facility in Wilhelmshaven, operated by Uniper, has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker.

5) Dutch Gate LNG terminal in the Rotterdam port received a record number of LNG cargoes last year on the back of high demand and a surge in US deliveries.

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French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Monday that Papua LNG has achieved "major" contractual and commercial milestones, marking "decisive" steps towards a final investment decision. These include completing the EPC tendering process and transferring Papua LNG operatorship to US energy giant ExxonMobil, operator of the PNG LNG project.

Arctic LNG 2 seeks $1 billion from Hanwha Ocean over terminated LNG carrier orders

Novatek-led Arctic LNG 2 is seeking approximately $1 billion in damages from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean over terminated shipbuilding contracts for Arc7 ice-class LNG tankers.

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Dutch partners Gasunie and Vopak plan to build a fifth liquefied natural gas (LNG) jetty at their Gate terminal in the port of Rotterdam.

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