Top 5 news of the week July 3-9

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of July 3-9, 2023.

1) South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries will build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for about $523 million under a new order revealed on Monday.

2) Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagas has received the first liquefied natural gas tanker at its El Musel terminal in Gijon.

3) China’s Zhejiang Energy has signed a long-term deal to buy liquefied natural gas from Mexico Pacific, the developer of the planned Sonora LNG export project.

4) Venture Global LNG has asked the US FERC for expedited review of its request to increase the peak workforce at the site of its Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.

5) Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua will build two more liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for compatriot Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation and PetroChina.

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Aramco eyes large LNG portfolio

Aramco's long-term ambition is to have a portfolio of 20 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG capacity, according to Aramco’s CEO, Amin Nasser.

Inpex awards FEED contracts for Abadi onshore LNG plant

Japan's Inpex has awarded contracts to two contractor consortia for the front-end engineering design (FEED) work for the onshore LNG plant as part of the Abadi LNG project in Indonesia. The contractors include JGC and Technip Energies, and KBR, Samsung E&A, and Adhi Karya (Persero).

Hudong-Zhonghua to build another LNG bunkering vessel for TotalEnergies

China’s Hudong-Zhonghua said it had secured another order to build one 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for French energy giant TotalEnergies and Spain's shipping firm Ibaizabal.

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