Top 5 news of the week December 12-18

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of December 12-18, 2022.

1) Finland’s Meyer Turku is moving forward with the construction of the first of three giant LNG-powered cruise ships it is building for Royal Caribbean International in order to deliver the vessel next year.

2) Rotterdam-based storage terminal owner VTTI, co-owned by Vitol, IFM, and Adnoc, is looking to develop a new FSRU-based facility that will provide the Netherlands additional storage and import capacity for LNG.

3) Dynagas LNG Partners, the owner of six LNG carriers which operate under long-term charters, is expecting to secure a new contract for its LNG carrier Arctic Aurora in the first quarter of 2023.

4) German energy firm RWE is expecting to receive the first commissioning cargo at the Elbhafen FSRU-based LNG import terminal in Brunsbuettel in January.

5) German energy firm Uniper said on Thursday that the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Esperanza had arrived in Wilhelmshaven where it will soon start serving Germany’s first LNG import terminal.

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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.

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.

Gasunie, Vopak plan fifth Gate LNG jetty

Dutch partners Gasunie and Vopak plan to build a fifth liquefied natural gas (LNG) jetty at their Gate terminal in the port of Rotterdam.

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