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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Cheniere inks long-term LNG supply deals with QatarEnergy

US LNG exporter Cheniere has entered into long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreements with state-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy to supply 4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG through 2054.

NFE in Puerto Rico LNG supply contract dispute

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and US LNG player New Fortress Energy are in dispute over liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries under their long-term LNG supply deal, according to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.

Glenfarne’s Texas LNG seeks DOE extension

US energy firm Glenfarne is seeking an extension from the US Department of Energy to extend the non-FTA export start deadline for its planned 4 mtpa Texas LNG export terminal in the port of Brownsville.

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