

Global LNG liquefaction capacity: 1964 (1 MTPA) → 2025 (525 MTPA) → 2030 (740 MTPA projected)
21 July 2026 Key facts: Commercial LNG trade began with CAMEL/Arzew in 1964. Global LNG liquefaction capacity reached approximately 525 MTPA by the end of 2025—more than 500× its initial scale. Around 300 bcm/y of additional LNG export capacity is expected by 2030, led primarily by the United States and Qatar. The chart highlights ten projects and expansion waves that fundamentally changed LNG trade routes, production scale and the geography of global supply. 10 LNG industry


FLNG History (2017–2026): From 1.2 to 3.6 MTPA
26 July 2026 Operating today: ~17 MTPA • New capacity pipeline: ~61 MTPA Evolution: Purpose-built → Barge-based → LNG Carrier Conversion → Deepwater Expansion → Standardised Multi-FLNG Export Hubs Generation I – Purpose-built FLNG 🇲🇾 PFLNG Satu (Malaysia, 2017) — 1.2 MTPA First commercial FLNG. Generation II – Barge-based FLNG 🇦🇷🇨🇬 Tango FLNG (Argentina, 2019 → Republic of Congo, 2023) — 0.5–0.6 MTPA First commercial deployment in Argentina (2019). First commercially re


Future FLNG (2027–2036): 61 MTPA → Multi-FLNG Export Hubs
26 July 2026 Key facts: Under construction: 18 MTPA (6 projects) Advanced pre-FID: 34 MTPA (5 projects) Early-stage concepts: 10 MTPA (3 projects) Total identified pipeline: ~63 MTPA (14 projects) Evolution: Purpose-built FLNG → Barge-based FLNG → LNG Carrier Conversion → Deepwater FLNG → Standardised Designs → Multi-FLNG Export Hubs Innovations: Single FLNG → Multi-FLNG export hubs with shared infrastructure Bespoke designs → Standardised platforms Dedicated infrastructure →


LNG Plant CAPEX: $140 → $2,500 → $610/tpa
23 July 2026 Low-cost pioneers → Scale-up → CAPEX inflation → A new optimisation phase Over six decades, LNG plant CAPEX has traced an inverted U-curve. $140/tpa (1964) — small, simple first-generation LNG plants. $2,500/tpa (2016) — Australian megaprojects set the CAPEX record. $610/tpa (2026/27) — North Field East sets today's lowest publicly comparable benchmark for world-scale LNG plants. CAPEX evolution 🔹 1964–1983 | Low-cost pioneers Smaller trains, mature locations an


Floating Data Centre Race: 6.5 MW → 200 MW in Five Years
18 September, 2026 Floating Data Centre Race: 6.5 MW → 200 MW in Five Years Why offshore: Land • Grid • Cooling UNIT COST 🇨🇳 $9.4K/kW — Shanghai HiCloud / Hailanyun — 24 MW 🇺🇸 $3.6K/kW — Hockema — 25 MW 🇺🇸 $6.9K/kW — Nautilus Stockton — 6.5 MW $6.6K/kW — Simple average* TECHNICAL VALIDATION CAPACITY 🇺🇸 6.5 MW critical IT — Nautilus — Operational since 2021 [6] 🇨🇳 2.3 MW live → 24 MW planned — Shanghai HiCloud / Hailanyun — Operational / Expansion [1] 🇯🇵 20–73 M


LNG: Modular vs Stick-Built?
8 September 2026 LNG: Modular vs Stick-Built? Modular is favoured at remote sites with limited labour, infrastructure and supply access. Key Points CAPEX 🟢 ↓ Potential saving: 5–10% (1) Project Duration 🟢 ↓ Up to 20% shorter (2) Overall Plant Weight 🔴 ↑ 20% higher (3) Modular Advantages Site Construction Hours 🟢 ↓ Less on-site work Camp Cost 🟢 ↓ 41% lower (3) Fabrication-Yard Productivity 🟢 ↑ 25–30% higher (1) Fabrication Cost 🟢 ↓ 28% lower (3) Weather: Reduced site ex


Future LNG Regasification Terminals (2026–2035): 230 MTPA
19 August 2026 Capacity balance: Regasification vs Liquefaction — 2.1× → 0.9×. Why? 2025: Liquefaction capacity 525 MTPA vs regasification capacity 1,114 MTPA — 2.1× Future additions: Liquefaction capacity 250 MTPA vs regasification capacity 230 MTPA — 0.9× Projects: 94 MTPA | 25 projects Under construction: 64 MTPA — 14 projects Advanced pre-FID: 25 MTPA — 8 projects Early-stage concepts: 5+ MTPA — 3 projects Innovations Phased terminal development Shared port and pipeline i


LNG Regas CAPEX (2005–2025): $210 → $130/tpa
28 August 2026 FSRU vs Onshore → Flexibility vs Scale CAPEX Advantage: ~25% FSRU: $130/tpa | 155K m³ storage | 7 buffer days Onshore: $210/tpa | 830K m³ storage | 10 buffer days FSRU or Onshore? FSRU advantages: Fast-track Redeployment Charter option Onshore advantages: Lower weather-related operating exposure Larger scalable capacity Phased expansion — tanks, regasification trains and berths Lower OPEX — no vessel crewing, classification surveys, periodic drydocking or towag


Onshore Gas Pipeline CAPEX (2005–2030)
14 August 2026 Onshore Gas Pipeline CAPEX (2005–2030) Key facts: • Conventional: $4.5M/km (15 projects) • Mountains: $15.1M/km (4 projects) • Arctic/Sub-Arctic: $7.9M/km (4 projects) Conventional 🇺🇸 2008 — Southeast Supply Header | 435 km | 42″ | $3.6M/km 🇺🇸 2009 — Gulf Crossing | 568 km | 42″ | $3.0M/km 🇺🇸 2011 — Tiger Pipeline | 282 km | 42″ | $5.5M/km 🇺🇸 2011 — Fayetteville Express | 301 km | 42″ | $4.8M/km 🇺🇸 2017 — Trans-Pecos + Comanche Trail | 544 km comb


Is Oil & Gas Back? Why Europe is Rethinking Its Subsurface Resources
EU wind and solar generated more than gas for the first time. Source: Annual electricity data, Ember Summary: Is oil and gas exploration returning to Europe's agenda? In the short term (2024–2026), we will see targeted project revival driven by energy security logic. However, in the medium term (toward 2030) and beyond, this trend will collide with the overriding force of the EU Green Deal, the exponential growth of renewables, and tightening financial constraints. The futur































