Excelerate Energy’s Steven Kobos was working exceptionally hard not to reveal what the company was about to announce.

When TradeWinds met the company president and managing director in Houston, he was, as ever, strictly on message, but with under­tones of something he would very much like to speak about.

In the subsequent two weeks, Excelerate has gone on to ­announce its win to provide a floating LNG import solution for the Philippines and extended its fleet by taking Maran Gas Maritime’s speculatively ordered floating storage and ­regasification unit off its hands.