LNG
Despite a 2.8% drop in LNG exports in 2025 due to 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.
The expansion project by QatarEnergy is expected to increase LNG production capacity to 142 mtpa when it goes online.
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A Shell partnership with YPF marks a significant milestone for the Argentina LNG export facility, raising new questions about the nation’s potential to unlock the economic power of its vast shale reserves. -
By boosting gas supplies to Egypt’s home market, Cairo can return its focus to developing an LNG export hub.
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Ruwais is slated to be the first net-zero LNG facility in the Middle East and North Africa.
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The new wells at Zohr are key to a plan to return Egypt’s gas production back to “pre-crisis” levels by June 2025.
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As Southeast Asia’s third-largest gas producer, PTTEP is investing in its energy security by prioritizing gas production and building up a global LNG supply chain.
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After overcoming the challenges of a new offshore frontier, BP has begun first gas flow at its ultradeep project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
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Train 1 of the Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3 project is expected to reach substantial completion during the first quarter of 2025.
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Australia’s Ichthys LNG facility will provide feedstock, along with production from legacy Japanese gas fields that will also serve as repositories for CO2 storage.
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Arcius’ remit covers the Shorouk concession, home to the Zohr gas field whose production decline has been fueled by a lack of investment.
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The plan calls for developing a gas field, CCUS, and onshore compression, with first production expected in 2028.
