
New York-based LNG infrastructure company New Fortress Energy (NFE) says that S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has upgraded its issuer credit rating from ‘B+’ to ‘BB-’/Stable Outlook.

Brazilian energy company Eneva has signed an exclusivity and cooperation agreement with financial service company Servtec for the development of an LNG terminal at or near the Port of Itaqui in Brazil.

South Korean shipbuilding company Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has secured an order for ten liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered containerships worth approximately KRW 745.6 billion ($627 million).

Greek LNG shipper GasLog’s LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow has rescued 17 people from a boat in distress while transiting the Yucatan Channel, bound for Sabine Pass.

Global provider of marine equipment Fendercare Marine said it used a new LNG transfer system to complete a series of LNG STS operations for one of the leading global energy companies.

BHP and Woodside have signed a binding share sale agreement for the merger of BHP’s oil and gas portfolio with Woodside and made the FID for Scarborough.

Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers has welcomed the last in a series of LNG-fueled chemical tankers built by Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit.

German-based LNG storage contractor TGE Gas Engineering has signed a tank engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Yangjiang LNG storage project.

Engineering company SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIAD MI) has installed a re-liquefaction plant for the evaporated natural gas (boil-off gas – BOG) at the small-scale LNG Ravenna LNG terminal in Italy.

Shipping company Capital Product Partners (CPLP) has taken delivery of two LNG carriers Attalos and Asklipios from the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries.

As the dust is settling in the aftermath of COP26, new developments in the offshore energy sector are laying the grounds for the net-zero future.

According to Platts, Asia-Pacific LNG shipping day rates have reached an all-time high of around $300,000 a day for a standard LNG carrier due to winter demand.

The Nordic energy company Gasum has closed the divestment of Risavika LNG, its LNG liquefaction plant in Norway, to North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) on 16 November.

German ferry operator TT-Line has started sea trials for its first Green Ship (LNG-powered RoPax ferry) in China.