Shell has raised its second-quarter guidance for integrated gas production and LNG liquefaction volumes, while flagging stronger trading performance, as heightened market volatility linked to Middle East tensions supports earnings.
ExxonMobil has invited bidders for marine warranty survey services for the first phase of its Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique, with expressions of interest due July 15 at 14:00 Maputo time.
The Shafallah loaded at Plaquemines in late June, booked for Świnoujście. It is now in the equatorial Atlantic off Brazil, steering south-east and declared for Incheon in South Korea. The Polish delivery has gone, and a cargo bought for northern Europe is now tracking east for Asia.
Henry Hub cash and bal-summer price are set to soften as additional Texas-to-Louisiana pipeline capacity boosts LNG feedgas flows towards the US Gulf Coast, easing oversupply in Texas.
Alternative-fuelled ship orders declined in the first half this year, but LNG remained the dominant choice among shipowners, accounting for 73 of 137 vessels ordered, according to DNV, mainly for containerships and car carriers.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has launched a consolidated LNG marketing, sales and trading platform, targeting 47 mtpa of marketable LNG by 2035, including future volumes from the Ruwais LNG project.
LNG Canada passed a year of exports with feedgas near Phase 1 capacity. Across 106 loadings since the first sailing from LNG Canada since last June, South Korea took the largest single share, roughly one cargo in three, ahead of Japan at a quarter and China at just over a fifth.
India has lifted an order imposing restrictions on gas suppliers as LNG deliveries from the Middle East resume. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Saturday withdrew provisions which had mandated all imported LNG and domestically produced gas to be sold to a list of priority customers.
Petrobangla is scrambling for spot LNG after QatarEnergy extended its force majeure until July 16, although the Bangladeshi state company keeps negotiating to receive at least 80% of its contracted LNG cargoes from Qatar.
Canada has moved closer to unlocking a new Pacific Coast crude outlet from Alberta while fast-tracking British Columbia LNG projects with the aim of tripping LNG production and export beyond 2030.