Top 5 news of the week December 9-15

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of December 9-15, 2024.

1) Qatar’s energy minister and QatarEnergy’s CEO, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, has criticized a new European directive that sets strict ESG reporting standards for large companies operating in the EU.

2) Australian LNG player Woodside and its partners in the North West Shelf joint venture have received environmental approval from the Western Australian government for the North West Shelf project extension.

3) Squadron Energy said it has completed construction on the Port Kembla import terminal in New South Wales, Australia’s first LNG import facility.

4) Australian LNG player Santos has signed a binding long-term LNG supply and purchase agreement (SPA) with Japan’s city gas supplier Shizuoka Gas.

5) American Gas Partners (AGP) plans to develop a $7 billion floating LNG export project in the US to supply LNG to Europe.

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BW upgrades LNG carrier

Oslo-based BW LNG, a unit of Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW, is upgrading its 2019-built LNG carrier BW Pavilion Aranda with a sub-cooler.

Samsung Heavy bags orders for six LNG carriers

South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured contracts worth $1.54 billion to build six liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

Flex eyes LNG carrier order

Norwegian owner Flex LNG is exploring with new and existing partners to join the company in ordering new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, according to interim CEO Marius Foss.

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