Top 5 news of the week March 13-19

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of March 13-19, 2023.

1) US firm Venture Global LNG has taken a final investment decision for the second phase of its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana. The company also secured $7.8 billion in project financing.

2) China Offshore Oil Engineering (COOEC), a unit of CNOOC, has delivered the last two modules it built for the giant Shell-led LNG Canada project.

3) South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has received a new order from Maria Angelicoussis-led Maran Gas to build two LNG carriers.

4) India’s Swan Energy is waiting for approval from a consortium of banks to finalize its FSRU charter deal with Turkey’s state-owned natural gas and LNG firm, Botas.

5) New Fortress Energy and Golar LNG have completed the previously announced deal regarding the FLNG Hilli located offshore Cameroon’s Kribi.

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Eni’s Nguya FLNG ready to start serving second phase of Congo LNG project

Italian energy firm Eni hosted on Tuesday the sail-away ceremony for the Nguya floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit in Shanghai, China. The unit is ready to start serving the second phase of Eni's Congo LNG project.

CMA CGM, Evergreen, HMM, and Maersk eye LNG-powered containership orders

France's CMA CGM, Taiwan's Evergreen, South Korea's HMM, and Denmark's Maersk are all looking to order LNG dual-fuel containerships at yards in China and South Korea, according to shipbuilding sources.

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