Top 5 news of the week October 21-27

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of October 21-27, 2024.

1) German engine maker MAN Energy Solutions said it will no longer offer its ME-GA engine, which was designed for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier market.

2) Papua New Guinea’s national oil and gas company Kumul Petroleum has awarded a pre-FEED contract to China’s FLNG builder Wison New Energies for Papua New Guinea’s first FLNG project.

3) Atlantic (LNG) freight rates continued to decrease this week, dropping to just $26,750 per day, while European prices also dropped compared to the previous week.

4) Shell’s LNG Canada has started cooldown activities at its liquefaction and export terminal in Kitimat, as part of the project’s commissioning and start-up phase.

5) US LNG developer NextDecade is seeking a rehearing of the D.C. Circuit Court’s ruling on its Rio Grande LNG project in Texas.

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Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG to commission fourth tank

US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from the US FERC to commission the fourth storage tank with LNG at its Plaquemines plant in Louisiana.

Worley gets full notice to proceed on first phase of CP2 LNG project

Australian engineering firm Worley has received a full notice to proceed from US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG under its reimbursable EPC contract for the first phase of the CP2 LNG project in Louisiana.

US FERC issues final SEIS for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has released a final supplemental environmental impact statement for NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG facility and the accompanying pipeline in Texas. FERC continues to conclude that approval of the projects would result in "less than significant impacts."

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