August 25, 2026 Headlines
North America
Gunvor in talks to buy Haynesville shale assets for over $1 billion, sources say — Reuters
US natgas prices hit one-week low on softer demand forecasts, lower LNG flows — Reuters
DC Circuit upholds FERC approval of Louisiana LNG terminal — E&E News
Hanwha Establishes Global LNG Business Subsidiary 'Hanwha Horizon USA' — Press Release (Korean)
U.S. Natural Gas Imports and Exports Monthly Report June 2026 Published August 2026 — U.S. Department of Energy
Europe
Europe's benchmark gas futures prices closed at the highest for more than three and a half years on August 24 — @JKempEnergy via X
Equinor - Fewer countries, higher output from reshaped international portfolio — Press Release
Turkey Braces For Potential Gas Squeeze as US Targets Iran Trade — Bloomberg
GTT receives an order from Jiangnan shipyard for the tank design of four new LNG Carriers — Press Release
Asia-Pacific
JKM LNG and NW Europe NatGas prices going into the winter double what they were expected to be prior to US attack on Iran on February 27, 2026 — @Energy_Tidbits via X
Woodside ditches clean energy goals in chase for higher returns — The Australian Financial Review (Subscription)
Woodside Retreats on Clean Energy to Double Down on LNG — Bloomberg
Woodside scraps clean energy target, posts 7% first-half profit rise — Reuters
Woodside : Half-Year 2026 Results — Press Release
MENA
Iran, Oman Push Talks for 'Interim' Reopening of Hormuz Strait — Bloomberg
United States Navy all mines had been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz — @RapidResponse47 via X
Latin America & Caribbean
Shell shelves Aphrodite offshore gas project in Trinidad for now — Reuters
Africa
Iran war makes multibillion-dollar Tanzania LNG more attractive, Equinor says — Reuters
Global
LNG charter rates crumple to single figures as sub-letter takes bait — TradeWinds (Subscription)
How extreme weather threatens energy security — from jellyfish swarms to 'Super El Niño' — Financial Times (Subscription)