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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Eni seeks contractors for third Mozambique FLNG

Italian energy firm Eni and its partners in the Mozambique Rovuma Venture have invited companies to submit their expression of interest for the construction of one large floating LNG production unit with a capacity of up to 6 mtpa.

Vitol, IRH finalize 20-year LNG supply deal

Energy trader Vitol and UAE-based International Resources Holding (IRH) have signed a 20-year LNG sales and purchase agreement for volumes from Delfin Midstream’s floating LNG project in the US.

Golden Pass LNG gets green light to start commissioning of second train

Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture of energy giants QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, has secured approval from the US FERC to kick off the commissioning process for the second liquefaction train at its three-train plant in Texas.

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