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The Capital Forward LNG News Read (Sep 13–21, 2026 · 9-day window)

Where money was committed, contracted, or announced in recent news.

COMMITTED (5)

Baker Hughes — no contract value disclosed for equipment and engineering, USA; Venture Global placed a binding award for 13 gas-turbine compression systems for the Cloud Connector feedgas pipeline (feeds the Plaquemines LNG system) and eight liquefaction modules with cold boxes for the Plaquemines expansion, deliveries advancing now. Read This: Baker Hughes

Wood — $200 million for construction services, Papua New Guinea; a five-year award from ExxonMobil PNG covering the Hides gas plant, the Caution Bay LNG plant and ~700 km of pipeline, brownfield spend to sustain existing PNG LNG export capacity rather than add new trains. Read This: Wood

September 21, 2026 Headlines

Europe U.S. Sanctions Law Could Upend the EU's Russian LNG Timeline — High North News Europe's gas price surge may feed into inflation more quickly, ECB finds — Reuters

Intertwined Themes September 17-18, 2026

HORMUZ TRAFFIC FELL BELOW A THIRD OF AVERAGE, THEN LNG VESSELS RETURNED, AS PANAMA SLOT FEES TOPPED $5 MILLION * Hormuz transits fell to three ships on Sept 16, from 12 a day earlier against a ~17 ten-day average. Read This: Reuters * Four vessels transited Hormuz on Sept 18 as

September 18, 2026 Headlines

Europe EDF considers preferred equity to lure buyers to Edison stake, sources say — Reuters LNG Tanker With US Cargo Reported to Be Victim of Cyberattack — Bloomberg

Positive Entity Sentiment September 16–17, 2026

Builders & suppliers winning work EPC, PMC, engineering and technology mandates. * Samsung E&A — Unveiled its LNG Module Package at Gastech 2026 a pre-engineered modular liquefaction system on Honeywell's AP-SMR process it says can cut total project duration by ~20% — a full-scale market entry

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September 21, 2026 Headlines

Intertwined Themes September 17-18, 2026

September 18, 2026 Headlines

Positive Entity Sentiment September 16–17, 2026