LNG

Qatar is repositioning LNG carriers back into the Middle East Gulf as loadings resume and is understood to be seeking short-term charter coverage. Offtakers are counting on QatarEnergy’s promise to reinstate at least half of Ras Laffan production capacity within a month of safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz…

Glenfarne has warned Alaska’s proposed gasline tax package could still leave the $13.2–16.9 billion pipeline segment of the Alaska LNG project without a viable path to completion, undermining financing just as the project seeks to take FID.

Poland’s state-controlled TSO Gaz-System is considering adding a second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to its planned LNG import terminal in Gdansk. The project is slated to start with 6.1 bcm per year of regas capacity and could be expanded by another 4.5 bcm to 10.6 bcm per year…

PipeChina is gearing up to add a second regasification terminal for cargoes from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project. The newly built Longkou LNG terminal in Shandong province meant to receive shipments before October.