LNG
Suspended by force majeure since the spring of 2021, work on the Mozambique LNG project has restarted with over 4,000 workers now engaged onshore and offshore to meet a 2029 deadline for first LNG.
Despite a 2.8% drop in liquefied natural gas exports in 2025 because of lost market share in China, Australia anticipates a 2026 rebound as new North West Shelf capacity comes online. Meanwhile, East Coast operators brace for a tsunami of wells entering the decommissioning pipeline and potential energy shortfalls necessitating LNG imports.
A series of major advances will move Phase One of the Alaska LNG Project from the development phase into execution.
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As Europe’s second-largest LNG hub after Spain, the UK promises to play a near-term role as an “energy bridge” to ease the EU’s dependence on Russian energy, given that the UK can ship regasified product directly to the continent via subsea pipeline. -
Forecast increased demand for natural gas globally will keep new US liquefaction projects and additional proposals moving forward.
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The price of natural gas always drops when winter weather ends, but maybe not this year.
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South Africa’s Sasol has nixed plans to invest in the proposed African Renaissance Pipeline, opting instead to import LNG by tanker from Mozambique where TotalEnergies, Eni, and ExxonMobil are developing projects.
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Giant gas project off Australia had been idle since last December.
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QatarEnergy is farming into ExxonMobil’s North Marakia deepwater exploration project offshore Egypt as it further grows its position in the East Med and a share of possible future gas sales to Europe.
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The US oil and gas company's exit from Russia amid the ongoing military conflict freezes the Russian Far East LNG project and cripples Rosneft’s ambitions to become a competitive global LNG supplier.
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The three papers selected for this Tech Focus feature describe technologies that can make natural gas safer to move and store.
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The authors describe a process study to identify the potential causes of flaring during LNG offtake and corrective measures to accomplish zero flaring without capital plant modification.
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This paper examines the technical, strategic, and commercial benefits of barge liquefied-natural-gas technology in deepwater and onshore gas developments.
