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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Egypt is halting its liquefied natural gas export business, instead redirecting surplus natural gas to Lebanon via the Arab Gas Pipeline. Meanwhile, the US is considering waiving some sanctions against Syria. -
The newbuilds are slated for delivery in 2024.
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Yamal LNG Resource, a subsidiary of Russia’s Novatek, has won exploration and production licenses to expand its Arctic resource base for sustained long-term growth of its LNG business.
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Polish oil company will take an additional 2 mtpa for 20 years.
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Russia is pouring investment into liquefied natural gas projects as it seeks to leverage the world’s largest natural gas reserves together with the logistical advantages of delivering it at a competitive price to Asia and Europe along the now-navigable Northern Sea Route.
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The authors write of an efficiency-optimization effort in the planning and construction of a West African breakwater for LNG service that resulted in increased financial and environmental benefits.
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Environmental permit will allow work on the $12-billion project to begin on site.
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This paper compares project economics of floating liquefied natural gas, onshore liquefied natural gas, and gas-to-wire processes.
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Shell signs on to take LNG from the planned Louisiana plant.
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The US remained Europe’s biggest supplier of LNG in Q1 2021, a position it has held since mid-2019 when competition with Russia began to heat up.
