Top 5 news of the week January 30-February 5

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of January 30-February 5, 2023.

1) NYK’s 2021-built LNG carrier Grace Emilia ran aground in the Suez Canal on Wednesday, but the incident did not affect the traffic in the giant waterway.

2) Freeport LNG, the operator of the three-train 15 mtpa liquefaction plant in Texas, has secured approval from US FERC to start introducing LNG into the piping system at the plant.

3) South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has won a new order to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

4) Seapeak, previously known as Teekay LNG Partners, has sold two small-scale LNG carriers to Dutch firm Titan.

5) Tellurian, the developer of the Driftwood LNG export project in Louisiana, has secured one more month to meet the conditions of its LNG supply deal with trader Gunvor.

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CoolCo always looking at acquisitions, CFO says

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Gunvor says its LNG business was main profit contributor in H1

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