Top 5 news of the week January 20-26

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of January 20-26, 2025.

1) US President Donald Trump has lifted a moratorium by the former Biden administration on non-FTA liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits.

2) Australian LNG player Woodside has released the latest construction update for the first phase of its Louisiana LNG export project.

3) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG slashed the targeted price range for its initial public offering.

4) UK-based LNG giant Shell has appointed two new directors after Huibert Vigeveno, downstream, renewables, and energy solutions director, decided to step down after 30 years with the company.

5) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier order in 2025.

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Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG to commission fourth tank

US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to commission the fourth storage tank with LNG at its Plaquemines plant in Louisiana.

Worley gets full notice to proceed on first phase of CP2 LNG project

Australian engineering firm Worley has received a full notice to proceed from US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG under its reimbursable EPC contract for the first phase of the CP2 LNG project in Louisiana.

US FERC issues final SEIS for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has released a final supplemental environmental impact statement for NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG facility and the accompanying pipeline in Texas. FERC continues to conclude that approval of the projects would result in "less than significant impacts."

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