Thursday, February 12, 2026

LNG

US energy companies seek exemption from Trump plan to move LNG on US-built ships- oil and gas 360

US energy companies seek exemption from Trump plan to move LNG on US-built ships

(Investing) – LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON – U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump’s administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule that will require producers to move an increasing percentage of their exports on U.S.-built vessels as part of a broader push to revive domestic shipbuilding. The U.S. is the world’s No. 1 LNG exporter at $34 billion annually

Factbox-EU’s plan to phase out Russian gas by end-2027- oil and gas 360

Factbox-EU’s plan to phase out Russian gas by end-2027

(Investing) – BRUSSELS -The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU’s imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday. Here are the key details: GAS AND LNG Russia was Europe’s top gas supplier before its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, providing around 45% of the European

Woodside, bp sign gas supply agreement for Louisiana LNG- oil and gas 360

Woodside, bp sign gas supply agreement for Louisiana LNG

(World Oil) – Woodside has signed an agreement with bp for the integrated energy major to supply natural gas to the Louisiana LNG project. This agreement represents the first tranche of a diversified portfolio of feedgas that will support the Louisiana LNG project, enabled by the project’s extensive interconnectivity to multiple producing basins and inter-connecting pipelines. Woodside’s CEO Meg O’Neill

Woodside approves $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG development- oil and gas 360

Woodside approves $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG development

(World Oil) – Woodside has made a final investment decision to develop the three-train, 16.5 million tonne per annum (MMtpa) Louisiana LNG development. Woodside is targeting first LNG in 2029. Development of Louisiana LNG will position Woodside to deliver approximately 24 Mtpa from its global LNG portfolio in the 2030s, and operating over 5% of global LNG supply.1 The development has

US LNG supplies to Europe will continue to rise, says US Energy Secretary- oil and gas 360

US LNG supplies to Europe will continue to rise, says US Energy Secretary

(BOE Report) – U.S. liquefied natural gas supplies to Europe will continue to rise, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Reuters on Monday during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw. The United States is the world’s largest exporter of LNG and has played a major role in supplying Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 significantly reduced

US plans Alaska LNG summit, will urge Japan, South Korea to support project- oil and gas 360

US plans Alaska LNG summit, will urge Japan, South Korea to support project

(Investing) – WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s energy security council plans to host a summit in Alaska in early June, when it hopes Japan and South Korea will announce commitments to the Alaska LNG project, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Trump has touted the $44 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas project, which would deliver gas from the state’s

Kremlin says Russia is not holding gas supply talks with Europe or the US- oil and gas 360

Kremlin says Russia is not holding gas supply talks with Europe or the US

(BOE Report) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia is not holding talks with Europe or the United States about Russian gas supplies via Ukraine. Russian gas supplies to Europe have collapsed since the start of the military conflict in Ukraine in February 2022 and blasts at the subsea Nord Stream pipelines. Gas exports to Europe from Russia via

Kinder Morgan founder plays down the impact of tariffs on U.S. LNG- oil and gas 360

Kinder Morgan founder plays down the impact of tariffs on U.S. LNG

(Oil Price) – Richard Kinder doesn’t lose sleep over trade wars or chatbots. The billionaire co-founder of Kinder Morgan waved off the industry handwringing over U.S.-China LNG tariffs and the supposedly overhyped energy appetite of AI data centers. “Our view is that any loss of the Chinese market will be more than offset by the efforts of governments in the EU

TotalEnergies signs 20-year LNG purchase agreement with NextDecade- oil and gas 360

TotalEnergies signs 20-year LNG purchase agreement with NextDecade

(World Oil) – TotalEnergies has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with NextDecade to buy 1.5 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the future Train 4 liquefaction unit at the Rio Grande LNG facility. The SPA, of a duration of twenty years, is subject to NextDecade taking a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on

South Korean officials considering Alaska trip for gas project talks- oil and gas 360

South Korean officials considering Alaska trip for gas project talks

(Investing) – SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean industry ministry officials are considering travelling soon to Alaska as part of working-level negotiations between the United States and South Korea over Alaska’s gas project, the ministry said on Tuesday. If South Korea is able to win concessions from Washington over auto tariffs, Seoul could in turn look at participating in the Alaska liquefied natural

Canada’s LNG industry set to take flight as interest reignites in Alaska megaproject- oil and gas 360

Canada’s LNG industry set to take flight as interest reignites in Alaska megaproject

(BOE Report) – CALGARY – Hundreds of kilometres up the Pacific coast from where Canada’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal is set to start up this summer, a monster lays dormant. Alaska has long had ambitions to ship its natural gas to international markets, but the cost and scale of such an undertaking has held it back for decades. But

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC mulls bid for Aethon’s US natgas assets, Bloomberg News reports- oil and gas 360

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC mulls bid for Aethon’s US natgas assets, Bloomberg News reports

(BOE Report) – Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC is considering a bid for natural gas assets of investment firm Aethon Energy Management that could potentially be worth about $9 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. ADNOC has done a string of acquisitions in gas and chemicals, which along with LNG and renewables it