Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Rio Grande LNG Train 4 Starts Commercial Deliveries, Including to Aramco
NextDecade…TX 48, Cameron County, Texas, 78578, United States
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsEstimated, per NextDecade's FID release: "The guaranteed substantial completion date for Train 4, as well as the date of first commercial delivery (DFCD) under the Train 4 LNG SPAs, is anticipated in the second half of 2030" - a half-year, so its last day.^[1]
NextDecade's 6 mtpa Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG near Brownsville, Texas, a $6.7 billion expansion, is due to reach substantial completion and begin deliveries under its 20-year contracts in the second half of 2030. Aramco buys 1.2 mtpa of its output, alongside ADNOC and TotalEnergies.
$6.7B
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Closes $11 Billion Jafurah Midstream Deal With GIP-Led Consortium
Al Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
10/28/2025 - 10/27/2045CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE331 days agoStated as done, per aramco.com^[1][6] (dateline 'DHAHRAN|OCTOBER 28, 2025'): Aramco 'today announced the completion of an $11 billion lease and leaseback investment agreement'; Argaam^[4] and SPA^[3] carry the same 28 October date. The end is the 20-year term ('leasing them back to Aramco under a 20-year agreement') counted from that completion, exclusive.
Investors led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners take 49% of Jafurah Midstream Gas Company, which leases the Jafurah gas plant and Riyas NGL facility back to Aramco for 20 years in return for a tariff.
$11B
0.71
Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Agrees to Sell Its PRefChem Stake to PETRONAS
JALAN PIC T/1, Petrochemical Complex, Kota Tinggi, Johor, MalaysiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 05/25/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE122 days agoStated as firm, per petronas.com^[4]: "KUALA LUMPUR, 25 May 2026 - PETRONAS announces that its subsidiary ... has signed an agreement to acquire the equity stake held by Saudi Arabian Oil Company"; Aramco's^[1][2] own newsroom dates the joint announcement May 24, 2026.
Aramco signed an agreement to transfer its stakes in the PRefChem refinery and petrochemical complex at Pengerang, Johor to PETRONAS, which will own and run it outright. Aramco committed $7 billion to the 300,000 b/d project in 2017; the sale comes as the Strait of Hormuz closure cut Saudi crude flows to Asia.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Signs $3.7 Billion in Deals With French Companies in Paris
Saudi AramcoParis, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, France
Starts 08/24/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE31 days agoStated as firm, per aramco.com^[1]'s release dated "DHAHRAN|AUGUST 24, 2026": Aramco "today announced agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a potential combined value of more than $3.7 billion with French companies".
At the French-Saudi Investment Roundtable in Paris, Aramco announced a drilling-equipment procurement agreement, an oil country tubular goods purchase deal and an Aramco Digital MoU on industrial AI and digital twins, worth a potential $3.7 billion combined. It came during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to France.
$3.7B
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco's Zuluf Crude Oil Increment Completes
Saudi AramcoZuluf Oilfield
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target year, per Aramco's^[2][3] Q2 2026 results release: 'Zuluf crude oil increment and Fadhili Gas Plant expansion on track for completion in 2026 and 2027, respectively' - a bare year, so its last day.
The offshore Zuluf increment, whose associated gas feeds the new Tanajib Gas Plant, is on track for completion in 2026 after Marjan came on stream in December 2025.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Huajin Aramco's Panjin Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Starts Up
Dawa District, Panjin City, Liaoning, ChinaSaudi Aramco
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysEstimated, per aramco.com^[1]: the complex "is expected to be fully operational by 2026" (a bare year, so its last day); Energy Intelligence (Oct 2025) says it is on track to come "on line next year", and Splash (Sep 2026) reports it in "final commissioning and start-up preparations" with no date.
A 300,000 b/d refinery with 1.65 million tonnes a year of ethylene and 2 million tonnes of paraxylene in Panjin, Liaoning, built by Aramco's joint venture with NORINCO and Panjin Xincheng for RMB 83.7 billion. Aramco will supply up to 210,000 barrels a day of its crude.
CN¥83.7B
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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
LNG Canada Ships First LNG From Kitimat Terminal
LNG CanadaLNG Canada, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe first cargo, loaded aboard the GasLog Glasgow, left Kitimat for Asia on 1 July 2025 (Shell's^[2] 'First cargo leaves LNG Canada' release, with CBC^[3] and The Globe and Mail reporting the departure the same day). The previous date of 23 June 2025 was the announcement of first production, with cargo loading still ahead of it.
Canada's first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal, built by a Shell-led joint venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, produced and shipped its first LNG cargo in 2025.
0.66
Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Reports Q1 2026 Results: $33.6B Profit as East-West Pipeline Maxes Out
Eastern Avenue, Gharb Adh Dhahran, Dhahran, Dammam, Dammam Governorate, Eastern Province, 34464, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 05/10/2026 5:01AMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE137 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "DHAHRAN|MAY 10, 2026", and the Saudi Exchange^[2] announcement "Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco^[1]) Announces its Interim Financial Results for the Period Ended 2026-03-31 (Three Months)" is stamped 10/05/2026 08:01:54 Riyadh time (05:01 UTC).
Aramco's first-quarter adjusted net income jumped to $33.6 billion from $26.6 billion as it ran the East-West Pipeline at its full 7 million barrels a day to export from the Red Sea while the Strait of Hormuz was choked off. The board held the base dividend at $21.9 billion, 3.5% up on a year earlier.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE194 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".
Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.
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Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé Debuts as the First LNG-Powered Megamax
Shanghai, ChinaCMA CGM
Starts 09/22/2020CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoShipbuilding trade press dates the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé's delivery in Shanghai to 22 September 2020.^[1]
CSSC's Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai delivered the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first of nine 23,000-TEU ships and the world's first ultra-large container vessel powered mainly by liquefied natural gas. At 400 meters long, it became CMA CGM's new flagship.
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Aramco and Microsoft Sign an Industrial AI MoU in Riyadh
Riyadh, Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, 12643, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 02/10/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE226 days agoStated as firm by the signing photo Arab News^[3] carries, whose backdrop reads "MoU Signing Ceremony between Aramco and Microsoft, February 10, 2026, Riyadh"; aramco.com^[1] announced it two days later ("DHAHRAN|FEBRUARY 12, 2026").
A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.
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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Crane Clean Energy Center Targets 2027 Restart
Constellation Energy…Crane Clean Energy Center, Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Starts 12/31/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "we continue to expect to start this unit in 2027".
Constellation Energy is working to bring the former Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor back online to supply carbon-free power under a 20-year deal with Microsoft.
$1.5B
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Stated as firm, per aramco.com^[1]'s release dated "DHAHRAN|NOVEMBER 19, 2025": Aramco "has announced 17 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements", announced "today" to coincide with "the US-Saudi Investment Forum 2025 in Washington, DC".

Start: Nov 19, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Aramco Signs US LNG Deals With Commonwealth LNG and MidOcean

Aramco signed a preliminary agreement with Commonwealth LNG, developer of a planned 9.5 mtpa export plant near Cameron, Louisiana, on Aramco Trading potentially buying its LNG, and Aramco-backed MidOcean Energy signed an MoU on investing in Lake Charles LNG. Both were among 17 US deals Aramco announced at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington.

Aramco announced 17 MoUs and agreements with US companies with a potential total value of more than $30 billion, building on 34 deals worth about $90 billion announced in May 2025^[1]
The LNG deals: MidOcean Energy signed an MoU on a potential investment in the Lake Charles LNG project, and Commonwealth LNG signed an agreement on its Louisiana liquefaction project and Aramco Trading's potential purchase of LNG and gas^[1]
LNG Prime called the Commonwealth deal preliminary; Commonwealth LNG, owned by Kimmeridge, is developing a 9.5 mtpa export plant near Cameron, Louisiana^[3]
Before the signing, sources said Aramco was expected to buy up to 2 mtpa from Commonwealth, which was preparing a final investment decision; FERC had extended its construction deadline to 31 December 2031^[4]
Aramco's LNG goal is access to about 20 mtpa of global supply, and it already has a 1.2 mtpa, 20-year offtake from NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG Train 4^[4]
Global Energy Monitor lists the Commonwealth terminal as proposed and pre-FID, with operation targeted for 2031^[2]

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aramco.com/en/news-media/news/2025/aramco-announces-17-mous-and-agreements-with-companies-in-us
aramco.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Nov 19, 2025 ✓· 38% of score
Stated as firm, per aramco.com's release dated "DHAHRAN|NOVEMBER 19, 2025": Aramco "has announced 17 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements", announced "today" to coincide with "the US-Saudi Investment Forum 2025 in Washington, DC".
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Commonwealth LNG Terminal - Global Energy Monitor
gem.wiki· Added Sep 24, 2026· 38% of score
Tracker page for the terminal: 9.5 mtpa, proposed and pre-FID, operation year 2031, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; source of the site's approximate coordinates.^[1]
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Aramco inks preliminary Commonwealth LNG deal
lngprime.com· Published Nov 20, 2025· 12% of score
LNG Prime's lead (the rest is paywalled) reports the day after that Aramco^[1] signed a preliminary deal with Kimmeridge's Commonwealth LNG, developer of the 9.5 mtpa project near Cameron, Louisiana, as part of the 17 US agreements.
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Aramco seals new US LNG deals during Washington visit
oilandgasmiddleeast.com· Published Nov 17, 2025· 12% of score
Pre-signing report (citing Upstream) that Aramco^[1] would buy up to 2 mtpa from Commonwealth LNG, with the plant's FID expected before year-end and FERC's extension to 31 December 2031; also covers Aramco's 20 mtpa LNG goal and its Rio Grande Train 4 offtake.

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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Rio Grande LNG Train 4 Starts Commercial Deliveries, Including to Aramco
NextDecade…TX 48, Cameron County, Texas, 78578, United States
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsEstimated, per NextDecade's FID release: "The guaranteed substantial completion date for Train 4, as well as the date of first commercial delivery (DFCD) under the Train 4 LNG SPAs, is anticipated in the second half of 2030" - a half-year, so its last day.^[1]
NextDecade's 6 mtpa Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG near Brownsville, Texas, a $6.7 billion expansion, is due to reach substantial completion and begin deliveries under its 20-year contracts in the second half of 2030. Aramco buys 1.2 mtpa of its output, alongside ADNOC and TotalEnergies.
$6.7B
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Closes $11 Billion Jafurah Midstream Deal With GIP-Led Consortium
Al Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
10/28/2025 - 10/27/2045CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE331 days agoStated as done, per aramco.com^[1][6] (dateline 'DHAHRAN|OCTOBER 28, 2025'): Aramco 'today announced the completion of an $11 billion lease and leaseback investment agreement'; Argaam^[4] and SPA^[3] carry the same 28 October date. The end is the 20-year term ('leasing them back to Aramco under a 20-year agreement') counted from that completion, exclusive.
Investors led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners take 49% of Jafurah Midstream Gas Company, which leases the Jafurah gas plant and Riyas NGL facility back to Aramco for 20 years in return for a tariff.
$11B
0.71
Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Agrees to Sell Its PRefChem Stake to PETRONAS
JALAN PIC T/1, Petrochemical Complex, Kota Tinggi, Johor, MalaysiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 05/25/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE122 days agoStated as firm, per petronas.com^[4]: "KUALA LUMPUR, 25 May 2026 - PETRONAS announces that its subsidiary ... has signed an agreement to acquire the equity stake held by Saudi Arabian Oil Company"; Aramco's^[1][2] own newsroom dates the joint announcement May 24, 2026.
Aramco signed an agreement to transfer its stakes in the PRefChem refinery and petrochemical complex at Pengerang, Johor to PETRONAS, which will own and run it outright. Aramco committed $7 billion to the 300,000 b/d project in 2017; the sale comes as the Strait of Hormuz closure cut Saudi crude flows to Asia.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Signs $3.7 Billion in Deals With French Companies in Paris
Saudi AramcoParis, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, France
Starts 08/24/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE31 days agoStated as firm, per aramco.com^[1]'s release dated "DHAHRAN|AUGUST 24, 2026": Aramco "today announced agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a potential combined value of more than $3.7 billion with French companies".
At the French-Saudi Investment Roundtable in Paris, Aramco announced a drilling-equipment procurement agreement, an oil country tubular goods purchase deal and an Aramco Digital MoU on industrial AI and digital twins, worth a potential $3.7 billion combined. It came during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to France.
$3.7B
0.69
Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco's Zuluf Crude Oil Increment Completes
Saudi AramcoZuluf Oilfield
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target year, per Aramco's^[2][3] Q2 2026 results release: 'Zuluf crude oil increment and Fadhili Gas Plant expansion on track for completion in 2026 and 2027, respectively' - a bare year, so its last day.
The offshore Zuluf increment, whose associated gas feeds the new Tanajib Gas Plant, is on track for completion in 2026 after Marjan came on stream in December 2025.
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Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Huajin Aramco's Panjin Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Starts Up
Dawa District, Panjin City, Liaoning, ChinaSaudi Aramco
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 69% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysEstimated, per aramco.com^[1]: the complex "is expected to be fully operational by 2026" (a bare year, so its last day); Energy Intelligence (Oct 2025) says it is on track to come "on line next year", and Splash (Sep 2026) reports it in "final commissioning and start-up preparations" with no date.
A 300,000 b/d refinery with 1.65 million tonnes a year of ethylene and 2 million tonnes of paraxylene in Panjin, Liaoning, built by Aramco's joint venture with NORINCO and Panjin Xincheng for RMB 83.7 billion. Aramco will supply up to 210,000 barrels a day of its crude.
CN¥83.7B
0.66
Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
LNG Canada Ships First LNG From Kitimat Terminal
LNG CanadaLNG Canada, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe first cargo, loaded aboard the GasLog Glasgow, left Kitimat for Asia on 1 July 2025 (Shell's^[2] 'First cargo leaves LNG Canada' release, with CBC^[3] and The Globe and Mail reporting the departure the same day). The previous date of 23 June 2025 was the announcement of first production, with cargo loading still ahead of it.
Canada's first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal, built by a Shell-led joint venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, produced and shipped its first LNG cargo in 2025.
0.66
Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk
Aramco Reports Q1 2026 Results: $33.6B Profit as East-West Pipeline Maxes Out
Eastern Avenue, Gharb Adh Dhahran, Dhahran, Dammam, Dammam Governorate, Eastern Province, 34464, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 05/10/2026 5:01AMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE137 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "DHAHRAN|MAY 10, 2026", and the Saudi Exchange^[2] announcement "Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco^[1]) Announces its Interim Financial Results for the Period Ended 2026-03-31 (Three Months)" is stamped 10/05/2026 08:01:54 Riyadh time (05:01 UTC).
Aramco's first-quarter adjusted net income jumped to $33.6 billion from $26.6 billion as it ran the East-West Pipeline at its full 7 million barrels a day to export from the Red Sea while the Strait of Hormuz was choked off. The board held the base dividend at $21.9 billion, 3.5% up on a year earlier.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
Sable Offshore…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States
Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE194 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".
Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.
0.65
Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé Debuts as the First LNG-Powered Megamax
Shanghai, ChinaCMA CGM
Starts 09/22/2020CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoShipbuilding trade press dates the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé's delivery in Shanghai to 22 September 2020.^[1]
CSSC's Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai delivered the CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first of nine 23,000-TEU ships and the world's first ultra-large container vessel powered mainly by liquefied natural gas. At 400 meters long, it became CMA CGM's new flagship.
0.64
AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Aramco and Microsoft Sign an Industrial AI MoU in Riyadh
Riyadh, Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, 12643, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 02/10/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE226 days agoStated as firm by the signing photo Arab News^[3] carries, whose backdrop reads "MoU Signing Ceremony between Aramco and Microsoft, February 10, 2026, Riyadh"; aramco.com^[1] announced it two days later ("DHAHRAN|FEBRUARY 12, 2026").
A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.
0.64
Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Crane Clean Energy Center Targets 2027 Restart
Constellation Energy…Crane Clean Energy Center, Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Starts 12/31/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "we continue to expect to start this unit in 2027".
Constellation Energy is working to bring the former Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor back online to supply carbon-free power under a 20-year deal with Microsoft.
$1.5B
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