Top 5 news of the week July 27-August 2

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of July 27-August 2, 2026.

1) Woodside’s planned Browse LNG project has received a state significant project status from the Western Australian government.

2) Australian LNG player Santos and Prism Energy International Australia have jointly sold and shipped the first condensate cargo from the Barossa gas project, located approximately 285 km north of Darwin, to South Korea.

3) US energy services firm Baker Hughes said it had secured a “major” order from compatriot LNG exporter Venture Global LNG to provide a liquefaction solution for its CP2 LNG expansion project in Louisiana.

4) LNG import terminals in the Netherlands were the top destinations for US liquefied natural gas cargoes in May this year, according to the Department of Energy’s LNG monthly report.

5) Egypt’s government confirmed on Thursday that a drone caused the fire on board the 138,350-cbm FSRU Energos Winter in Damietta on Wednesday.

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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.

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.

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