Rising political tension is creating concern for the China-Australia liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, with other global LNG suppliers the potential beneficiaries of this tension.

Pakistan, which has been battling a tough economic situation, has procured four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes at the highest-ever rates at $15.19-$15.49 per mmBtu for the month of September

Shares in Sound Energy PLC surged on Thursday after it signed a ten-year sales contract with Afriquia Gaz S.A. for liquefied natural gas from its Tendrara project in Morocco.

A 12 million tonnes per year LNG project has been proposed for British Columbia, Canada – and it could have one of the lowest unit carbon emissions rates of any large-scale LNG export project in the world.

Workers onboard Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility offshore Western Australia are complaining about occupational health and safety (OHS) breaches after being forced to work on only two to three hours of sleep.

Fure Viten, Swedish shipowner Furetank’s LNG-powered tanker, has completed a bunkering operation in Malaysia as part of its maiden voyage from China to Europe.

Norwegian natural gas supplier Gasnor has signed an LNG supply deal with German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea.

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured a charter deal for its platform supply vessel Viking Prince.

Turkey has shared data on its Black Sea discovery with U.S. energy majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil ahead of possible cooperation in extracting the gas, a Turkish official with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The global natural gas industry is in an existential race: either find a way to be part of the next generation of energy or risk getting supplanted by alternatives.