Top 5 news of the week May 29-June 4

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of May 29-June 4, 2023.

1) Golar LNG has exercised its option to acquire the 148,000-cbm Moss-type carrier, Fuji LNG, which it aims to convert to a floating LNG producer.

2) Norway’s Equinor has closed its 4.3 mtpa Hammerfest LNG export plant due to a gas leak.

3) Australian LNG player Woodside has launched an investigation following an incident that took place on Friday at its Pluto liquefied natural gas plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

4) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG said that it had closed its $4.5 billion inaugural offering of senior secured notes.

5) Italy’s OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has received approval to boost its regasification capacity at the FSRU-based terminal located off the coast between Livorno and Pisa.

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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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