News
July 10, 2025
Golar's FLNG Gimi vessel has reached its commercial operations date (COD) under the 20‑year agreement for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The Gimi FLNG unit will initially produce 2.4 MMtpa of LNG, with plans to ramp up to its full capacity of 2.7 MMtpa.
News
July 04, 2025
Companies hired by TotalEnergies SE to build a $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique have started preparing to resume work on the venture, four years after it was suspended because of a militant insurgency, according to people familiar with the matter.
News
July 03, 2025
Venture Global on Thursday announced the execution of a new 20-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PETRONAS. Under the terms of the SPA, PETRONAS will purchase 1 MMtpa of LNG from Venture Global’s third facility, CP2 LNG, for 20 years.
News
July 02, 2025
Mozambican President Daniel Chapo said his government and private companies will have to collectively ensure the necessary security is in place to enable TotalEnergies to restart construction of a $20 billion gas project that has stalled due to a militant insurgency — and even then, risks will remain.
News
July 01, 2025
The global energy community is set to converge in Dubai on December 10 for a landmark event dedicated to shaping the future of natural gas across the region. The Middle East Gas Conference 2025 will serve as a strategic touchpoint for aligning industry priorities on gas-to-power, while maximizing the region’s economic potential.
News
July 01, 2025
LNG Canada has successfully shipped the first export cargo from its newly-constructed facility located in British Columbia, Canada. The plant is the first-of-its-kind in Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 14 million tonnes of LNG.
News
June 30, 2025
Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project raised production to record levels during the last days of June as the facility appears to have resumed loading cargoes. The facility located above the Arctic Circle is key for Russia’s ambition to triple LNG production by 2030.
News
June 27, 2025
Colombian businesses are bracing for a deepening shortfall in natural gas supply that threatens to shutter some operations. Supplies of gas are expected to fall at least 10% short of demand next year, and possibly as high as 20%.
News
June 26, 2025
Tokyo Gas is in discussions with multiple U.S. LNG suppliers—including Energy Transfer and Commonwealth LNG—to secure long-term purchase deals as Japan faces rising energy demand from data centers and chip factories. The company is also expanding its upstream footprint in U.S. shale.
News
June 25, 2025
Energy Transfer has signed an incremental Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Chevron for additional LNG supply from its Lake Charles LNG export facility. The 20-year agreement for 1.0 MMtpa increases Chevron’s total contracted volume from Energy Transfer LNG to 3.0 MMtpa.
News
June 25, 2025
Woodside Energy has completed its sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG to global investment firm Stonepeak. Under the transaction, Stonepeak will provide $5.7 billion towards the capital expenditure for the development of Louisiana LNG.
News
June 23, 2025
"The COD milestone marks a major achievement for one of Africa’s deepest offshore developments which introduce Mauritania and Senegal as LNG exporters," Golar LNG said in a news release.
News
June 16, 2025
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has made an $18.7 billion offer for Australian fossil fuel producer Santos Ltd., in one of the most audacious overseas moves yet by the Middle Eastern company as it seeks to expand its production of liquefied natural gas.
News
June 15, 2025
During the Executive Conference of the Global Petroleum Show last week, Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, provided an update on the province’s energy sector and gave her assessment of the new federal administration’s policies on energy.
News
June 11, 2025
ADNOC is evaluating whether it can buy some of bp Plc’s key assets should the embattled British firm decide to break itself up or come under pressure to divest more units, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
News
June 03, 2025
Venture Global has initiated full mobilization and started site work at the company’s third LNG export facility, CP2 LNG. The launch comes shortly after receiving final FERC approval and export authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy.
News
May 20, 2025
ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its design of a multi-purpose LNG floating facility for deep water. Called MLF-O, the design from SHI optimizes the production facility for deepwater areas with a wave height of nine meters.
News
May 19, 2025
TotalEnergies has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Ksi Lisims LNG for the purchase of 2 MMtpa of LNG for 20 years from the future liquefaction plant, subject to the final investment decision of the project.
News
May 15, 2025
Perenco has announced a successful drilling operation for its Onyx well, encountering significant columns of natural gas in two separate geological compartments. The Onyx field is an undeveloped gas discovery located within the TSP license, offshore Trinidad.
News
May 14, 2025
Woodside Energy and Aramco have entered into a non-binding collaboration agreement to explore global opportunities, including Aramco’s potential acquisition of an equity interest in and LNG offtake from the Louisiana LNG project.
News
May 14, 2025
XRG, PETRONAS and the Turkmenistan State Enterprise Hazarnebit have signed a new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the State Concern Turkmennebit for the offshore “Block I” gas and condensate fields in Turkmenistan.
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