LNG
After a record year for LNG project approvals in 2025, multiyear repairs to war-damaged liquefaction facilities in Qatar and the UAE threaten to slow the growth of global LNG capacity.
The Coral Norte FLNG is to be the mirror image of the Coral Sul unit, which shipped its first cargo in 2022 after it was put into service in Area 4 offshore Mozambique.
Barzan plant explosion that killed 13 and injured 66 occurred 2 days after production was restarted following a scheduled shutdown in December for routine maintenance.
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ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific will purchase 1.0 mtpa from Rio Grande LNG plant over a 20-year period. -
As the US bests Qatar and Australia for top LNG supplier, Europe is overtaking Asia as the top destination for US cargoes.
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Energy trader Vitol also made an unspecified strategic investment in Delfin Midstream.
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New Fortress Energy again taps the engineering giant for one of its modular LNG plants, this one using fixed platforms.
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QatarEnergy has selected Shell as its fifth and final international partner on the expansion project.
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The Russian president has signed a decree that appears to nationalize the Sakhalin-2 offshore oil and gas production-sharing agreement and related LNG facilities to squeeze out its foreign partners.
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The LNG provider has firmed up financing that will allow it to proceed with construction of the third stage of the Texas coast liquefaction project.
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Eni and ConocoPhillips will join TotalEnergies as international partners with QatarEnergy on the North Field East Expansion, the world’s single largest LNG project ever.
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QatarEnergy has tapped TotalEnergies as its first international joint venture partner for the North Field East expansion—the world’s largest LNG project ever.
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A longer-than-expected repair period following the 8 June explosion could strand 2 Bcf/D of natural gas in the US.
