This was supposed to be a breakout year for US LNG export projects getting commercially sanctioned. But with 2019 wrapping up, just two new export terminals and an additional train at an existing facility made it over the line to construction.

The project could cost 1 trillion yen ($9.1 billion). The parties plan to make a final investment decision in 2021 and start production in 2027.

Europe’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been steadily increasing since October 2018, and reached a new monthly record of 12.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in November 2019

With oil and gas as core of the cooperation between the two countries, China is currently eyeing new opportunities to join Qatar's upstream and downstream LNG industry in addition to plans of increasing its LNG imports from Qatar, while Chinese companies are tapping Qatar Petroleum (QP) to enter China's upstream energy industry and gain access to a 1.4 billion people market, China's Ambassador to Qatar, Zhou Jian, said at a press conference at his residence

Over January-October, China imported 47.43 million mt of LNG, up 14.2% on year, the customs data showed.

The estimated increase in Qatar’s LNG production comes after exploration work in the expanded North Field mega project showed that confirmed gas reserves of the field exceeded 1,760 trillion cubic feet,

ACWA Power and Saudi Aramco signed a deal with Bangladesh Power Development Board to develop a 3,600-megawatt LNG-based power plant and terminal in the country.

With a second FID in just 2 years, Mozambique has officially positioned itself as a key player in the global gas and LNG market for years to come.

NOVATEK announced that Yamal LNG is no longer considered a “Blocked Person” under the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control or “OFAC” rules.

Europe looks set for more LNG imports in the near term as the TTF and NBP prompt months are due to retain premiums to the JKM spot price amid the rising charter costs to Japan and South Korea, traders say.