Thursday, May 1, 2025

Liquefied Natural Gas News

Russell: Asia's LNG consumption is muted in April, while Europe's demand eases.

In April, Asia's LNG imports remained muted while Europe began to show signs that the seasonal slowdown was beginning as winter demand dwindled. According to commodity analysts Kpler…

Russell: Asia's LNG consumption is muted in April, while Europe is easing up.

In April, Asia's LNG imports remained muted while Europe began to show signs that the seasonal slowdown was beginning as winter demand dwindled. According to commodity analysts Kpler…

Woodside greenlights $17.5 billion US LNG project, targets 2029 start

Woodside Energy, a company based in Australia, has made the final investment decision for a Liquefied Natural Gas project (LNG) in Louisiana. The total capital expenditures (capex)…

EU to Present a Roadmap in May for the Phase-out of all Russian Fossil Fuel Imports

Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, said that in two weeks it will present a roadmap outlining how it plans to eliminate all Russian fossil fuel imports.

China will import more Russian LNG by 2025, says ambassador

China will increase its LNG imports from Russia this year, according to its ambassador in Russia. "I can tell you that there are many buyers." "I think that there will be more (imports)", said Zhang Hanhui.

Indian gas firm GAIL seeks 26% stake in US LNG

GAIL India Ltd. issued a tender Friday for a maximum 26% stake in an American liquefied gas project, along with a 15 year gas import agreement. This will help New Delhi to reduce its trade surplus.

Want to reduce your trade surplus with Trump Russell

There are certain trends that will likely emerge amid the chaos and confusion created by U.S. president Donald Trump's global tariff rollout and retreat. One is that countries…

Mubadala Energy acquires Kimmeridge LNG and gas projects in the US

Mubadala Energy is an arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund. It signed a deal with Kimmeridge, a US-based energy investor, on Thursday that gives it stakes in American gas assets.

Want to reduce your trade surplus with Trump Russell

There are certain trends that will likely emerge amid the chaos and confusion created by U.S. president Donald Trump's global tariff rollout and retreat. One is that countries…

Inpex, a Japanese company, has begun engineering design work for Indonesia's Abadi Liquefied Natural Gas project

Inpex Corp., a Japanese oil and natural gas exploration company, started Wednesday the front-end design process of its Abadi project for liquefied gas in Indonesia as the…

Lithuanian official: EU could aggregate the demand for US gas in trade negotiations

As part of the negotiations with President Donald Trump, Lithuania's Energy Minister said on Tuesday that the European Union might consider aggregating their member countries' demands to buy U.S.

Chinese LNG buyers resell US shipments as tariffs bite

As tit-fortat tariffs increase import costs, Chinese buyers are reselling U.S.-sourced LNG cargoes. This trend will accelerate this month as new multiyear supply agreements…

DUH: Germany's Mukran Liquefied Natural Gas terminal is at 5% utilisation during Q1

An analysis released on Monday showed that the German LNG terminal at the Baltic Sea port Mukran was operating at only 5% of its capacity in the first three months of 2025.

DUH: Germany's Mukran Liquefied Natural Gas terminal is at 5% utilisation during Q1

An analysis released on Monday showed that the German LNG terminal at the Baltic Sea port Mukran was operating at only 5% of its capacity in the first three months of 2025.

Stonepeak acquires 40% stake in Woodside Energy Louisiana LNG project

The Australian energy company announced on Monday that Stonepeak, a U.S. investment firm, will purchase a 40% stake and contribute $5.7billion in capital expenditures in Woodside Energy’s Louisiana LNG Project.

Venture Global reports that it exported 29 cargoes of LNG from Plaquemines plant in Q1

Venture Global, a U.S. developer of liquefied gas in Louisiana, exported 29 cargoes during the first quarter 2025 from its Plaquemines plant. The company announced this…

Sources say India is considering scrapping the import tax on US LNG to boost purchases.

Four government and industry sources have said that India is considering scrapping the import tax on U.S. LNG to increase purchases and reduce the trade surplus, which is…

Jain and Boersma: US LNG exporters may run into a methane problem in Europe

New methane regulations may be a hindrance to the Trump administration's goal of "energy dominance", which is the United States' largest export market. The EU's President…

Shell plans to deliver gas from Venezuela to Trinidad by 2026, according to sources

Shell Plc aims to start producing natural gas in Venezuela's Dragon field and export it to Trinidad and Tobago, an hour earlier than the initial 2027 start date. The project…

Eni sells stakes to Vitol in upstream projects in Ivory Coast and Congo

The Italian energy group Eni announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its stakes in the upstream assets of the Ivory Coast, and the Republic of the Congo, to the global energy trader Vitol.

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