Top 5 news of the week August 10-16

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of August 10-16, 2026.

1) French energy giant TotalEnergies and its partners in the planned Papua LNG project in Papua New Guinea have selected South Korea’s Daewoo E&C as the preferred bidder for the EPCC of the project’s central processing facility and well pads.

2) US LNG exporter Venture Global reported revenue of $4.58 billion in the second quarter of this year, a 47.6 percent rise from the year before, while its net income surged 266 percent year-on-year to $1.35 billion.

3) RWE’s agreement with US private equity firm Stonepeak has no impact on Louisiana LNG ownership structure, a Woodside spokesperson told LNG Prime.

4) French LNG engineer Technip Energies has secured a FEED contract for Gas Malaysia’s planned FSRU-based LNG terminal in Yan, Kedah.

5) Floating LNG player Golar has entered into a letter of intent with Singapore’s Seatrium to secure incremental FLNG yard capacity for another FLNG conversion.

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TotalEnergies to transfer Papua LNG operatorship to ExxonMobil

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.

K Line, Petronas name LNG carrier duo in China

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has hosted a naming ceremony for two 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers it built for Japan’s K Line and Malaysia’s Petronas.

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