December 2025

We’ve made it to the last issue of the year! Our December issue starts with a round-up of China’s LNG demand situation in 2025, and looks at what lies ahead for the region in 2026. In addition, we have articles on topics such as compressors, LNG fuel solutions, LNG carriers, and more. With contributions from key industry leaders such as Endress+Hauser, Atlas Copco Gas and Process, Everllence, Owens Corning, and many others, this is an issue not to miss.

This month's front cover is brought to you by Endress+Hauser.

China's 2025 LNG imports shift down: What comes next?
Go Katayama, Kpler LNG Insight, explores why China's LNG demand retreated in 2025 and what lies ahead for 2026.

LNG at a crossroads
Bernt Ørn, Managing Director, Maritime Protection, identifies how inert gas technology is evolving into a platform for innovation across both LNG vessels and terminals.

Small change, big difference
Nick Cowley, Cathelco, considers biofouling management as an overlooked strategy that drives real emissions reductions.

From lab to machinery space
Hans-Philipp Walther, Everllence, Germany, details advances in methane emissions catalyst technology and engine internal measures and the effects they may have.

Emissions pooling: Bio-LNG powers emission reductions across European shipping
Jani Arala, Commercial Manager, Maritime, Gasum, looks at FuelEU Maritime emissions regulations and highlights how the use of bio-LNG and pooling can bring benefits to shipowners and the environment.

Transforming LNG custody transfer
Jirko Lehmann, Product Manager at Endress+Hauser SICK, discusses recent advancements in ultrasonic flow meter technology, which form a precise, reliable, and low maintenance solution for LNG measurement.

Managing the pressure: LNG boil-off gas compression
Daniel Patrick, Market Segment Manager – LNG & Hydrogen, Atlas Copco Gas and Process, highlights the various challenges that boil-off gas compressors face in LNG operations and explores how integrally geared compressors help to tackle them.

Protecting against cascading events
A conversation with Alec Cusick, Owens Corning^®, showcases passive safety strategies that help mitigate the risk of cascading events in LNG facilities.

Breaking free from phase separation constraints: Part one
In the first part of a two-part article, Wim Moyson and Tom Ralston, Kranji Solutions Pte Ltd, outline phase separation issues in LNG pre-treatment and main liquefaction units.

December 2025

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