Qatar LNG news

The LNG carrier Al Zuwair has been completed and delivered to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard, which will be chartered by QatarEnergy and managed by the NYK Group.

Nakilat has launched the first financing package with the Export-Import Bank of Korea for 25 conventional Korean-built LNG vessels that will be fully owned and operated by Nakilat.

Santos has announced the signing of a mid-term LNG supply contract with QatarEnergy Trading LLC.

New analysis by the IEEFA has revealed that a potential disruption in the Strait of Hormuz would jeopardise the 10% of Europe’s LNG imports that come from Qatar.

LNG can play a key role in accelerating the phaseout of coal in Asia and achieving affordable and impactful decarbonisation, a new study by S&P Global Commodity Insights has found.

Maritime Protection has been awarded a contract valued at €22.7 million to supply dry inert gas systems for 24 LNG carriers being constructed at a major shipyard in China as part of Qatar’s second LNG fleet expansion programme.

Registration is now open for the 21st International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) taking place on 2 – 5 February 2026, at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Nakilat has celebrated a steel cutting ceremony, marking the commencement of construction of 17 LNG vessels at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.

QatarEnergy will more than double LNG production from current 77 million t to 160 million, including production from Golden Pass LNG project in Texas, which will come online later in 2025, says Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has named a 174 000 m3 LNG vessel for QatarEnergy AL TUWAR.