Top 5 news of the week May 8-14

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of May 8-14, 2023.

1) Australian engineering firm Worley and US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG have signed a deal for the construction of the latter’s proposed CP2 LNG export terminal in Louisiana.

2) US LNG firm Tellurian said it had appointed investment banker Simon Oxley as its new chief financial officer to help it with securing financing for the first phase of its Driftwood LNG export plant in Louisiana.

3) South Korea’s Sinokor Merchant Marine has purchased a 2007-built LNG carrier from France’s TotalEnergies and Japan’s NYK, according to brokers.

4) Paris-based LNG engineering giant Technip Energies is on track to complete exiting Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia within the first half of 2023, according to the company’s CEO Arnaud Pieton.

5) A unit of South Korean LNG importing giant Kogas has taken delivery of a 7,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel equipped with a new cargo containment system.

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Another FSRU arrives in Egypt

The 160,000-cbm FSRU Energos Eskimo has arrived in Egypt from Jordan, according to shipping data. The unit is one of four FSRUs that will serve a charter deal with Egypt's EGAS as the country seeks to meet its growing demand for natural gas.

Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG to commission third jetty

US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to introduce hazardous fluids to the third jetty at its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.

MOL’s LNG carrier to feature SOFC tech

Japan's MOL and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries have received approval from classification society LR for the design of a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier integrating solid oxide fuel fell (SOFC) technology.

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