Top 5 news of the week May 6-12

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of May 6-12, 2024.

1) Japan’s shipping giant NYK said its fleet of operational liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers rose to 91 vessels by the end of March this year.

2) US LNG exporter Sempra and compatriot engineering and construction firm Bechtel are moving forward with construction on the first phase of the Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas worth about $13 billion.

3) US energy firm ConocoPhillips is looking to sign more LNG offtake deals and to secure additional regasification capacities, as it continues to expand its LNG portfolio, according to its management.

4) Turkey’s Karpowership, part of Karadeniz, and Brazil’s state-owned energy firm Petrobras have signed a memorandum of intent to combine their expertise in the LNG and power sectors.

5) Rotterdam-based storage terminal owner VTTI, co-owned by Vitol, IFM, and Adnoc, has entered into a deal with infrastructure manager, Ancala, to buy its 50 percent shareholding in the Dragon LNG terminal in the UK.

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Glenfarne still expects Texas LNG FID by end of this year

US energy firm Glenfarne confirmed it is targeting a final investment decision on its planned 4 mtpa Texas LNG export project in the port of Brownsville by the end of 2025 after the US FERC issued the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the project.

Kosmos: Tortue FLNG to hit full capacity in Q4

UK-based energy giant BP and its partners expect the 2.7 mtpa Golar FLNG Gimi, which serves the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, to reach its nameplate capacity in the fourth quarter of this year, according to US-based Kosmos Energy.

Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG back online after maintenance

Norwegian energy firm Equinor has resumed operations at its 4.3 mtpa Hammerfest LNG export plant following an extended maintenance shutdown, a spokesperson for Equinor told LNG Prime on Monday.

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