LNG

UK based class society and consultancy, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined forces with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to develop a new LNGC design. 

LNG Alliance’s 4.2 mill tonnes per annum Amigo LNG project has obtained the remaining major federal permits for its Mexican Sonora terminal.

Together with previously secured Mexican export approvals and US Department of Energy (DoE)  authorisations, the project now has full regulatory cover to export LNG.

However, it will still need to extend its non-FTA export deadline of December, 2027.

Train 1 is now fully subscribed with 4.35 mill tonnes per annum contracted by five offtakers.

The terminal will receive Permian gas through the Trans-Pecos, Ojinaga-El Encino, El Encino-Topolobampo, and Guaymas-El Oro pipeline chain for liquefaction, before being exported.

Russian LNG exports rose by 11.5% between January and May this year, compared to the same period last year, to 14.5 mill tonnes.

Canada’s Frontera Energy Corp is developing an LNG terminal at the Colombian port of Puerto Bahia, Cartagena.

INEOS Energy has signed an LNG supply agreement with Marubeni Corp for delivery into Asian markets.

Netherlands-based EemsEnergyTerminal has taken a major step towards extending the life of the LNG receiving facility in Eemshaven (Groningen) beyond 2027.

US-based Fluor Corp’s subsidiary, JGC Fluor BC LNG II a joint venture involving the JGC Corp, has received a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) for the proposed LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion project.

The joint venture partners also played a pivotal role in delivering Phase 1 of LNG Canada, providing engineering, procurement, fabrication management, construction and commissioning services.

In 2025, the JV delivered the project’s two trains, and supporting infrastructure, including storage tanks, rail yard, water treatment facility, flare stacks and a marine terminal.

“Our longstanding partnership with LNG Canada is a point of pride for us, and we look forward  to advancing the next phase of this world class project to help connect Canadian natural gas to global markets,” said Pierre Bechelany, Fluor’s Business Group President of Energy Solutions.

“The LNTP enables us to initiate early planning and move forward with key activities to support a proposed Phase 2 final investment decision (FID) by LNG Canada.”

Phase 2 would double the facility’s production capacity to 28 mill tonnes per annum should a FID materialise.

Taiwan's state-owned energy company, CPC Corp has become Northeast Asia's most active spot LNG buyer since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict.

Due to the ramping up of sanctions by the US, European Union (EU) and UK against Russian companies and their assets, including the banning of Russian LNG imports, Greek LNGC owner, Dynagas is currently evaluating its position with one of its charterers, Yamal Trade Pte Ltd.

Lithuanian-based terminal operator KN Energies has been awarded a contract by Poland’s GAZ-SYSTEM to provide commercial and operational advisory services for the Gulf of Gdańsk FSRU project.