Top 5 news of the week September 4-10

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of September 4-10, 2023.

1) Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has received approvals in principle from classification societies for what it says is the world’s largest LNG carrier.

2) Floating LNG player Golar LNG is in talks with Equatorial Guinea to develop the country’s large gas reserves.

3) A unit of Geneva-based energy and LNG trader Gunvor has signed a term LNG supply deal with Hin Kong Power, a joint venture owned by Gulf Energy Development and Ratch Group.

4) LNG giant Shell has shut down its Prelude floating LNG producer offshore Western Australia for scheduled maintenance which it expects will take several months to complete.

5) Paris-based LNG engineering giant Technip Energies has launched a modular, pre-engineered, and standardized solution for LNG production.

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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.

Samsung Heavy, KR to develop three-tank LNG carrier

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of understanding with compatriot classification society KR to jointly develop a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier featuring three cargo tanks.

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.

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