Top 5 news of the week July 15-21

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of July 15-21, 2024.

1) Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG has signed a natural gas sale and purchase deal with Houston-based midstream gas marketer Southwest Energy, according to a DOE filing.

2) Freeport LNG, the operator of the three-train 15 mtpa liquefaction plant in Texas, expects to restart the first train this week after the terminal’s fin fan air coolers were damaged during Hurricane Beryl.

3) US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG has received approval from US energy regulators to introduce natural gas to the first gas turbine generator (GTG) at the Plaquemines LNG terminal in Louisiana as part of the plant’s commissioning process.

4) US LNG exporter Sempra Infrastructure, a unit of Sempra, and compatriot engineering and construction firm Bechtel have finalized a fixed-price engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the second phase of the Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas.

5) Russian LNG exporter Novatek has delivered this year’s first Yamal LNG cargo via the eastern part of the Northern Sea Route to China, according to Kpler.

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Galp wins Calcasieu Pass arbitration against Venture Global

Portuguese energy firm Galp has won an arbitration case against US LNG exporter Venture Global LNG over LNG sales from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana.

MISC to order five more LNG carriers for Petronas charter

Malaysian shipping firm MISC will order five additional newbuild 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at China's Hudong-Zhonghua. The vessels will serve a 20-year charter with a unit of MISC's parent, Petronas.

Seatrium scores Excelerate FSRU conversion gig

Singapore's Seatrium has secured a floating storage and regasification unit conversion contract with an option for a second contract from US FSRU player Excelerate Energy.

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