Top 5 news of the week January 6-12

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of January 6-12, 2025.

1) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has shipped the second commissioning cargo from its Plaquemines plant in Louisiana, according to shipping data.

2) US energy firm Glenfarne said it had signed a deal with state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to develop the latter’s giant Alaska LNG export project.

3) The first commissioning LNG cargo from Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant in Louisiana has arrived in Germany. Venture Global’s 174,000-cbm newbuild carrier, Venture Bayou, is expected to dock at DET’s first FSRU-based LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven later on Thursday.

4) US LNG firm NextDecade, the developer of the Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas, has secured a loan worth $175 million.

5) US LNG firm New Fortress Energy said Andrew Dete will no longer serve as president of the company, less than three months after he took on the role.

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Glenfarne still expects Texas LNG FID by end of this year

US energy firm Glenfarne confirmed it is targeting a final investment decision on its planned 4 mtpa Texas LNG export project in the port of Brownsville by the end of 2025 after the US FERC issued the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the project.

Kosmos: Tortue FLNG to hit full capacity in Q4

UK-based energy giant BP and its partners expect the 2.7 mtpa Golar FLNG Gimi, which serves the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, to reach its nameplate capacity in the fourth quarter of this year, according to US-based Kosmos Energy.

Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG back online after maintenance

Norwegian energy firm Equinor has resumed operations at its 4.3 mtpa Hammerfest LNG export plant following an extended maintenance shutdown, a spokesperson for Equinor told LNG Prime on Monday.

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