LNG news updates

Delfin Midstream Inc. has entered into a letter of award with Samsung Heavy Industries for the first FLNG vessel of the Delfin LNG project.

JERA Co. Inc. has – through its subsidiary JERA Americas Inc. – reached agreement with Williams and GEP Haynesville II, LLC to acquire 100% of their respective interests in the South Mansfield upstream asset located in western Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale basin.

Woodside has signed and closed a transaction with Williams for an integrated investment in Louisiana LNG.

Golar LNG Ltd has announced that all conditions precedent and customary closing conditions in connection with the 20-year charter of Golar’s 3.5 million tpy MKII floating LNG to Southern Energy S.A. in Argentina have been satisfied.

Gasum’s fleet of gas-powered bunkering and carrier vessels have been operating entirely on bio-LNG to generate compliance for the company’s FuelEU Maritime pool.

EXMAR has entered into a strategic partnership with EemsEnergyTerminal, a subsidiary of Gasunie and Vopak, to extend the operation of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal after 2027.

The US Secretary of Energy has signed the final export authorisation for the Venture Global CP2 LNG project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Wärtsilä and TMS Cardiff Gas have renewed their existing lifecycle agreement, covering the two-stroke main engines onboard seven LNG carrier vessels, for a further five years.

In October 2025, BW Magna and BW ENN Snow Lotus performed a ship-to-ship operation at Porto do Açu, Brazil.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported that US natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico averaged 7.5 billion ft3/d in May 2025, the most of any month on record.

QatarEnergy has commenced the utilisation of the long-term LNG delivery, storage, and regasification capacity at the Isle of Grain terminal in the UK.

After 55 days, the FSRU vessel LNG Croatia has returned to the LNG terminal on the island of Krk, Croatia.

HMM has placed an order new vessels worth KRW 4 trillion, including 12 LNG dual-fuel container ships and two very large crude carriers.

NextDecade Corp. has made a positive final investment decision on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG, closed financial transactions to fully fund Train 5 and related infrastructure, and issued full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. for Train 5.

LNG exporters in the US have announced plans to more than double US liquefaction capacity, adding an estimated 13.9 billion f3/d between 2025 – 2029, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

AS Latvenergo has concluded agreements for several natural gas supply transactions using the Inko Port LNG terminal in 4Q25.

The CMA CGM Group has signed a letter of intent for six state-of-the-art LNG-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd India.

TotalEnergies, Shell, and Metlen Energy & Metals have been selected for the supply of LNG to the Alexandroupolis Terminal in Greece for autumn/winter.

The first virtual liquefaction operation of biomethane has been completed at the Klaipeda LNG terminal, operated by KN Energies AB.

Avenir LNG Ltd has signed a time charter party with SeaRiver Maritime, LLC for Avenir’s second newbuild 20 000 m3 LNG bunker vessel.

JERA Co., Inc. has signed a strategic partnering agreement with the State of Hawai‘i to support Hawai‘i’s decarbonisation goals and energy transition.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. Ltd and Sunlink Energies and Resources Ltd have taken a final investment decision on the HI gas project offshore Nigeria.

The government of Gibraltar has announced that Shell LNG Gibraltar Ltd will transition the operations and maintenance of Gibraltar’s LNG terminal from Molgas Energy to px (Gibraltar) Ltd.

At the Americas LNG Summit & Exhibition – which returns to Lake Charles, Louisiana, on 19 – 21 October 2025 – energy executives from over 50 countries will share strategic insights on the rapid-growth industry in the US.