XRG, the overseas business unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is in talks to invest in an LNG export project that Argentina’s YPF is developing. The proposed LNG development, based on gas from the Vaca Muerta shale, seeks to establish Argentina as a regional exporter by the late…
Donald Trump’s declaration of a ‘new golden age’ in US–Japan relations is shaping a new phase in LNG trade and resource security. Tokyo Gas is in advanced discussions with American LNG suppliers, while JERA locked in several 20-year offtake deals in a bid to ensure prices stability.
Russia's first open sea ship-to-ship LNG transfer is becoming a blueprint for how companies close to the Kremlin can circumvent Western sanctions. Tanker ‘Perle’ carried out the transfer off Malaysia ten days ago, and analysts reckon similar transfers are planned as Russia seeks to redirect LNG cargoes from Europe to…
Commonwealth LNG has been granted a regulatory extension of four years to complete its 9.5 mtpa Louisiana export terminal, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approving a new construction deadline of 31 December 2031.
Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) has allocated all regasification slots offered between 2 January and 26 May 2026 at its Brunsbüttel terminal. A total of 16 slots, each with a size of 3.6 million Btu, were sold at auction at a clearing price of €0.66 per Btu.
Excelerate Energy has agreed to deploy Iraq’s first floating LNG import terminal at the port of Khor Al-Zubair, offering regas services for a minimum contracted offtake of 250 million cubic feet per day. Project investment totals $450 million, inclusive the cost of the FSRU and jetty modifications.
Excess capacity and underutilisation make the Philippines hold back on adding new LNG regas terminals through 2030. One new import terminal is in the pre-development stage, but will be shelved, as the two operational terminals with 8.3 mtpa capacity are utilised only 60%.
Orders for LNG vessels have more than halved, with only 38 ships ordered in the first nine months of 2025 – a substantial 56% decline. Investment could pick up from 2026 as more LNG export capacity comes to market and d shipyard capacity expands.
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 cities have started district heating early which boosts gas demand and increases the need for LNG imports.
Global LNG markets are poised to turn from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market as a wave of new liquefaction capacity comes online this year and in 2026, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol said.