Processing/LNG
Jordan Cove LNG Intends to Refile with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Jordan Cove LNG intends to refile its application for the Pacific Connector Pipeline construction project with FERC.
Federal Regulators Won’t Reconsider Oregon Pipeline
FERC denies request to reconsider approving the Pacific Connector Pipeline construction project.
Port Arthur LNG Files Federal Application To Construct Liquefaction, Export Facilities
Port Arthur LNG files application for natural gas pipeline construction project.
GE Oil & Gas invests $25 million in Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG Project
GE Oil & Gas has made a $25 million preferred equity investment in Tellurian Investments Inc., which has an implied Tellurian Investment Inc. Common Stock value of $5.94 per share. Tellurian President and CEO Meg Gentle said, “This investment represents another step forward in the development..
Alaska LNG Pipeline Project on Track Despite Slow Progress
Alaska's LNG pipeline construction project is moving forward.
Woodfibre LNG Moves Ahead With BC’s First LNG Project
SQUAMISH, British Columbia (AP) — British Columbia-based oil and gas company Woodfibre LNG says it is proceeding with a proposed liquefied natural gas development in what would be the province’s first such project. B.C. Premier Christy Clark said Friday that the development will create 650 jobs dur..
Trudeau Pushes Through LNG Megaproject Despite Environmental Concerns
The Canadian federal government has given the green light to the $8-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project, proposed by Malaysia’s Petronas three years ago. The decision is highly controversial because it follows an assessment that found the project will produce significant amounts of CO2, which woul..
Williams Partners Advances Gulf Connector Project
Williams Partners said Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a 475,000 dekatherm per day (Dth/d) expansion in Texas and Louisiana that would connect natural gas supplies with global LNG markets. Constructed in t..
Shell’s Ajay Shah on Developing Gas Markets
Shell Vice President Ajay Shah leads a global team responsible for gas market development from the regasification terminal through to the local downstream market. He has worked in Shell’s gas and power division for over half his career and was part of the team responsible for the start-up of Hazira,..
China Could Quadruple Gas Imports By 2030
China has become the usual suspect when it comes to commodity prices. Whether it’s crude oil or copper, LNG or gold, China is almost invariably the first place everyone looks for an explanation as to why prices are up or down. Now Asia’s largest economy is on its way to swing the international gas m..
Bear Paw Receives Approval to Construct LNG Pipeline
Bear Paw Pipeline Corporation Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNGL), has received Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approval to construct a 62.5 km natural gas pipeline from Goldboro to the proposed Bear Head LNG liquefied natural gas export facility in..
Mississippi Port Trying to Land its Biggest Tenant
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The state port is trying to land its biggest tenant. The Sun Herald reports the company that would use a patented system to condition and liquefy gas on the West Pier for shipment to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. SeaOne Gulfport LLC’s first production facility and export ..
AGDC Names LNG Expert as New President
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) Board of Directors appointed Keith M. Meyer as its new president. The announcement followed a five-month national search initiated in December, following the resignation of Dan Fauske. Meyer will assumes his new role June 15. Meyer has more than 35 ..
Kinder Gains Federal Approval for LNG Export Project
Kinder Morgan subsidiaries Elba Liquefaction Company and Southern LNG Company received FERC authorization for the $2 billion Elba Liquefaction Project. The project, supported by a 20-year contract with Shell, will be constructed at the existing Elba Island LNG Terminal near Savannah, GA. The first ..
Industrial, Electric Power Sectors Drive Projected Growth for US Natural Gas
U.S. consumption of natural gas is projected to rise from 28 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2015 to 34 Tcf in 2040, an average increase of about 1% annually, according to EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Reference case. The industrial and electric power sectors make up 49% and 34% of this gr..
Mozambique’s LNG Dreams Falling Apart
Mozambique is heading towards a major default on outstanding loans related to offshore natural gas infrastructure, symbolizing the deflating hopes for a major source of new natural gas production from East Africa. The state-owned Mozambique Asset Management is set to default on $535 million in loan..
New Horizons in LNG: New Opportunities and Threats in Rapidly Changing Industry
Global gas prices have continued to sink, with European and Asian import prices falling 30% over the last year,[1] and Henry Hub prices reaching a more than 16-year low.[2] So after multiple years of construction and some delays, it has been a less than auspicious year for many of the United States ..
International Markets Prove Hard To Conquer For U.S. LNG
The latest drilling productivity report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has shown that the Marcellus shale continues to be the largest source of natural gas in the U.S. by a wide margin, with daily amounts that put it on par with leading international producers such as Iran and Qata..
FERC Issues Draft EIA for Golden Pass LNG
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project. Proposed by Golden Pass Products, LLC and Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC, the project includes construction, modification and operation of facilities in Texas..
Woodside, Sempra May Partner on LNG Development in Texas
Woodside affiliate, Woodside Energy (USA) Inc. (WUSA), has entered into a project development agreement (PDA) with Sempra LNG & Midstream, an affiliate of Sempra Energy, to assess construction of the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction facility in Port Arthur, TX. If the project moves forward,..
Chevron’s First Shipment of LNG from Gorgon Departs Australia
Chevron Corp. announced March 20 that its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon Project has departed Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The cargo was to be delivered to one of Chevron’s foundation buyers, Chubu Electric Power, for delivery into Japan...
EIA Says New Projects Could Make Australia No. 1 LNG Exporter
A report released March 30 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that Australia could become the largest LNG bas exporter within three years. The EIA said the massive Gorgon project shipped its first cargo to Japan earlier in the month and that three more projects in eastern A..
KBR Wins Contract for Canadian LNG Project
KBR won a multi-phased contract for front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Woodfibre LNG Project in the District of Squamish near Vancouver, B.C. KBR’s Houston office will provide FEED services for the proposed 2.1 million mtpa liquefaction plant and export facility. The work will include F..
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Receives All Remaining Construction Permits
TransCanada received the last two of 10 pipeline and facilities permits required from the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) for the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project. The project now has approval for construction and operation of the proposed pipeline and related facilities. The $4.8 billion pipeline ..
NextDecade Files Application to Site Rio Grande LNG, Rio Bravo Pipeline
The Woodlands, TX-based NextDecade, a development and management company of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate Rio Grande LNG. The proposed 27 mtpa LNG export facility near Brownsville, TX. F..
Natural Gas Net Imports in 2015 at Lowest Level Since 1986
U.S natural gas net imports fell to 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015, continuing a decline that began in 2007, when net imports of natural gas exceeded 10 Bcf/d. While both U.S. natural gas consumption and production have increased in recent years, natural gas production has grown slig..
Canada Expects Lower Natural Gas Exports to US, Higher LNG Exports Elsewhere
In its recent publication, Canada’s Energy Future (CEF), Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) projects that both Canada’s natural gas production and its domestic natural gas consumption will increase through the next decade. Exports of natural gas by pipeline to the United States are expected to con..
Plains All American, Cheniere Agree on Long-Term Storage Deal
Plains All American Pipeline subsidiary Pine Prairie Energy Center and Cheniere Energy Partners entered into a 10-year firm storage service agreement with Cheniere subsidiary Sabine Pass Liquefaction. Under the plan, Pine Prairie will provide 8 Bcf of natural gas storage capacity to Cheniere, begin..
US to Undermine Russia’s Gas Monopoly In Europe
The first U.S. LNG shipment will soon arrive in Europe, marking a new era for energy on the continent. Cheniere Energy’s newly completed Sabine Pass facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast recently sent a shipment of American liquefied natural gas, which should arrive in Portugal within a few days. “LNG co..
Domestic Gas Growth Fuels LNG Export Terminal Development
The first export shipment of LNG produced in the Lower 48 states and exported from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project in Sabine Pass, LA, Feb. 24 is a milestone reflecting a decade of natural gas production growth that has put the United States in a new position in worldwide energy t..
- Phillips 66 to Shut LA Oil Refinery, Ending Major Gasoline Output Amid Supply Concerns
- FERC Sides with Williams in Texas-Louisiana Pipeline Dispute with Energy Transfer
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- Malaysia’s Oil Exports to China Surge Amid Broader Import Decline
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Marathon Oil to Lay Off Over 500 Texas Workers Ahead of ConocoPhillips Merger
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
