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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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.

Sempra, ConocoPhillips seal another 20-year Port Arthur LNG SPA

US energy giant ConocoPhillips has signed a deal with compatriot LNG exporter Sempra Infrastructure, a unit of Sempra, to buy a total of 80 million tonnes of LNG from the proposed second phase of the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas. With this deal, ConocoPhillips will buy a total of 180 million tonnes of LNG from both Port Arthur phases.

Woodside working to charter vessels to ship Louisiana LNG cargoes, CEO says

Australian LNG player Woodside is currently working through how many chartered liquefied natural gas carriers the company will need to ship cargoes from its Louisiana LNG export terminal in the US, according to CEO Meg O’Neill.

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