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GAIL India and Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) have signed a 10-year time charter for the LNG carrier GAIL Bhuwan in a move expected to expand India’s LNG shipping capacity, improve…
ADNOC Gas has signed a 10-year LNG sales and purchase agreement with India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) – valued at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion – to export…
Pakistan has begun to re-sell excess LNG, imported from Qatargas and Eni. Starting from January 1, the government is taking active steps to “sell this excess fuel to markets in…
Energy World Corporation (EWC) has strengthened its balance sheet by converting $434 million of debt into equity, erasing the group’s external debt to advance its 3 mtpa Pagbilao LNG regas…
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Market Summary: India, Taiwan, Thailand and Bangladesh collectively imported 10.41mmt of LNG during December 2025 to January 2026, receiving 161 cargoes from 15 supplier countries.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Market Summary: Six smaller Asian import markets collectively received 2.70mmt of LNG during Dec 2025-Jan 2026, comprising 56 cargoes from 10 supplier countries. This represents a decline of 9 percent versus…
Bearish sentiment pervades in the Chinese LNG market as the nation’s gas demand continues to fall. If this trend does not reverse with the onset of the winter season, Chinese…
An early cold wave across northern China is lifting LNG and pipeline gas demand, adding upside risk to the JKM-TTF price spread for balance-of-winter 2025/26. Several northern cities have started…
Deal-making in the US shale gas sector has spiralled as Asian buyers seek to secure reliable feedstock for LNG offtake. More than $28 billion worth of gas and LNG assets…
The Trump administration has remained silent in the face of Russia delivering a sixth cargo from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project to China. “Higher volumes or shipments to other…
Imported LNG is key to accelerate the coal exit in Asia. The lifecycle carbon intensity for LNG in Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines are 47% lower than for coal, S&P…
Global energy investment will reach a record $3.3 trillion this year – despite escalating geopolitical tensions and related economic uncertainty, the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds. China cements its position…
Vietnam’s T&T Group is tackling legal hurdles to get the Hai Lang LNG-to-power project built and commissioned by mid-2029. With revised capital costs of more than $2.3 billion, the integrated LNG…
ExxonMobil has been authorised to develop a $5.09 billion LNG terminal and adjacent gas-fuelled power plant in the Vietnamese port city of Hai Phong. The LNG import terminal is approved with…

News Nudges

Korean gov’ mulls investment in US LNG

The South Korean government is reviewing a project to build an LNG export terminal in Louisiana. Consultants Samil and Kim & Chang were reportedly assessing the project's feasibility. If the project's feasibility is confirmed, it will be finalised through talks with the US and then proceed to final approval by President Trump. The South Korean Government will cover part of the project cost using a South Korea to US investment fund. The US was said to have requested investment from South Korea from the outset.