Top 5 news of the week August 17-23

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of August 17-23, 2026.

1) Kino Aski and Marinvest Energy Canada revealed plans to jointly develop Kino Aski LNG, a First Nations–led liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project designed to supply Europe.

2) Manzanillo Gas & Power has secured financing for its Manzanillo LNG-to-power project in the Dominican Republic, which includes a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).

3) China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has secured an order to build one 6,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel.

4) Norway’s ALNG, the owner of two TFDE LNG vessels, expects to enter LNG trading with its first transaction by the end of this year, according to interim CEO Jens-Julius Ramdahl Nygaard.

5) US energy giant ExxonMobil and its partners in the planned Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique have awarded $1.1 billion in pre-investment contracts for long-lead upstream equipment.

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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.

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.

Atlantic spot LNG rates rise for first time in seven weeks

Atlantic spot LNG shipping rates rose for the first time in seven weeks, rising $3,750 week-on-week to $15,500 per day, according to Spark Commodities.

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