Top 5 news of the week October 14-20

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of October 14-20, 2024.

1) China boosted its natural gas imports, including pipeline gas and LNG, in September, according to customs data.

2) US LNG developer NextDecade released the latest construction update for the first phase of its Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas.

3) PetroVietnam Gas, a unit of state-owned PetroVietnam, has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Vietnam’s power utility EVN.

4) India’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports continued to rise in September, according to preliminary data from the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell.

5) Italian energy firm Edison, a unit of EDF, said it will not start receiving contracted supplies from Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana until at least April 2025.

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