Top 5 news of the week October 7-13

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of October 7-13, 2024.

1) South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has secured an order worth about $1.26 billion to build LNG dual-fuel containerships.

2) Chevron’s Australian unit does not expect protected industrial action at its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG plants to impact LNG production.

3) Dutch terminal operator Vopak and its partner Transnet Pipelines are moving forward with their plans to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in South Africa’s Richards Bay.

4) Australian LNG player Woodside has completed the previously announced acquisition of US LNG developer Tellurian. Woodside also renamed Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG project Woodside Louisiana LNG.

5) A unit of UK-based energy giant BP has won an arbitration against its partner Kosmos Energy over a dispute related to LNG sales from BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project in Senegal and Mauritania.

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Flex eyes LNG carrier order

Norwegian owner Flex LNG is exploring with new and existing partners to join the company in ordering new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, according to interim CEO Marius Foss.

Samsung Heavy bags orders for six LNG carriers

South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has secured contracts worth $1.54 billion to build six liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

BW upgrades LNG carrier

Oslo-based BW LNG, a unit of Singapore’s gas shipping giant BW, is upgrading its 2019-built LNG carrier BW Pavilion Aranda with a sub-cooler.

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