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Wail Shaheen, President of BP Egypt, highlighted that the early production from the Fayoum 4 well reflects the company’s continued support for the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources’ strategy to accelerate field development activities, maximize the utilization of existing infrastructure, and deploy the latest technologies to increase domestic natural gas production in Egypt. “The company successfully brought forward the start of gas production from the Fayoum 4 well by around two years ahead of schedu

This production start-up is said to assert the significance of integrating exploration, development, and production activities, while expediting the development and production of discoveries

This is part of the North African country’s strategy to increase domestic oil and natural gas production, accelerate field development, and bring wells on stream

Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3; Source: Cheniere The Stage 3 project milestone at its Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) facility in Texas was achieved on August 28, 2026, when Bechtel Corporation, the firm’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, turned over care, custody and control of Train 7 to Cheniere. Bechtel got the full notice to proceed on CCL Stage 3 in June 2022, with LNG production from the first train achieved in December 2024

liquefaction capacity and a decade of rapid growth in the global LNG market. Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3; Source: Cheniere The Stage 3 project milestone at its Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) facility in Texas was achieved on August 28, 2026, when Bechtel Corporation, the firm’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, turned over care, custody and control of Train 7 to Cheniere

Cheniere celebrated its 5,000th LNG cargo with the loading of the Yari LNG carrier, which departed Sabine Pass on August 29 en route to Asia. Since the production of its first LNG cargo in 2016, the firm has supplied more than 340 million tonnes of LNG to markets worldwide, and its LNG platform has grown to represent over 10% of total global LNG capacity

Home Fossil Energy Shell’s technology set to enter wider FLNG market through Wison deal August 31, 2026, by China-based provider of clean energy services Wison New Energies (WNE) has joined forces with the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell to bring the European firm’s liquefaction technology to the wider liquefied natural gas (LNG) market for the first time, strengthening Wison’s floating LNG (FLNG) offering and aiming to accelerate deployment of next-generation FLNG projects. Illustration; Source: Wison New

Shell Catalysts & Technologies will support the Chinese company throughout the integration of the DMR liquefaction technology during the preliminary front-end engineering design (pre-FEED), FEED, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) phases of FLNG projects

The Asian company will incorporate the European player’s pre‑engineered, DMR‑based liquefaction technology solutions, which were previously deployed only at the UK firm’s equity projects, into its FLNG portfolio, making the technology available to the wider FLNG market for the first time

The OFF-5 block is currently in its first exploration period

Home Fossil Energy Eni widens Uruguay offshore presence with new block and first operatorship August 31, 2026, by Italian energy giant Eni is broadening its offshore footprint in Uruguay by taking operatorship of an exploration block with YPF’s subsidiary, MIWEN, as its partner

The OFF-5 block is currently in its first exploration period. Santiago Ferro Castelli, Energy Transition Manager at ANCAP, said: “Eni will continue the assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the Area OFF-5 that had already been advanced by YPF, as part of the work commitments established for the initial exploration period

The pipeline goes from the Gray Oak Louise terminal to the Edna terminal, with ultimate deliveries to the Seahawk terminal, all in Texas

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In-brief analysis August 26, 2026 In the 2026 release of our Liquids Pipeline Projects Database, we tracked the completion of 8 liquid fuels pipeline projects since the start of 2025, and an additional 14 new projects have been announced