LNG

Germany’s LNG imports have hit a record high.

This year’s third quarter saw the largest volume fed into the German grid since the country's first LNG terminal opened in Wilhelmshaven in late 2022, according to data from the German network regulator, BNetzA.

Asian spot LNG prices rose last week, gaining ground for the first time in nearly a month.

Last Friday. the US Trade Representative's (USTR) office said it would modify certain fees for foreign-built LNGCs and vehicle carriers, ahead of the port fees on Chinese-linked ships coming into effect this week. 

UK energy major, bp, has won an arbitration hearing against Venture Global over the US supplier’s failure to deliver LNG under a long-term contract that was due to start in late 2022.

Two separate legal challenges have been filed to the Australian Federal Environment Minister’s approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension plan, one of the world’s largest LNG projects.

Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, met with Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, in Buenos Aires last Friday to discuss the Italian energy company’s projects in the country and possible future initiatives.

Big River Energy, the Houston-based developer of an LNG export plant in Manzanillo, Mexico plans to make a final investment decision (FID) on the project in late 2026.

ARM Energy Holdings, a US infrastructure and energy marketing services company, has announced a final investment decision (FID) on its 236 mile, 42-inch Mustang Express Pipeline. 

The US Government has granted UK energy giant Shell and Trinidad and Tobago authorisation to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said last week, according to a Reuters report. 

Bechtel has revealed that there was no single, isolated cause of an incident, which claimed three of its workers’ lives last April.