Nasdaq-listed Golar saw its stock climb from $41.44 to a high of $43.65 per share yesterday and the upward movement continued today with the shares changing hands at $44.37 right now.

It follows a research report from Wells Fargo Securities that suggested its FLNG project with Perenco had found a gas buyer in the shape of Gazprom.

Analyst Mike Webber explained: “While Golar has made several meaningful strides towards establishing a dominant position within the FLNG space, the sector has yet to see a firm gas buyer from a floating asset, outside of Shell's Prelude, which is hardly apples-to-apples.