Elba Island Project Cleared for Commercial Service
Posted on Oct 2, 2019 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Elba Island Project Cleared for Commercial Service
Platts reports that FERC has authorized Kinder Morgan to place the first liquefaction train at its Elba Island, Ga., export terminal into commercial service, “amid consistent LNG production at the facility over the last two weeks.” The report states that no commissioning cargoes have shipped from the facility, and it remained unclear when the first commercial cargo would be ready to...
UK Utility Begins Purchases of Sabine Pass LNG
Posted on Oct 2, 2019 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on UK Utility Begins Purchases of Sabine Pass LNG
United Kingdom utility Centrica plc announced it has loaded its first LNG cargo from the fifth LNG train at the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Cameron Parish, La., under the agreement signed in 2013 with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. The gas was loaded onto the GasLog Ltd chartered Skagen vessel over the weekend and will be transiting the Atlantic to land in Europe in early...
FERC Authorizes Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Project
Posted on Sep 30, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Project
FERC has issued an order authorizing Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC to site, construct, and operate a new LNG terminal (Jacksonville Project) on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla., for the liquefaction, storage, and export of LNG. The Jacksonville Project will have three liquefaction trains, each capable of liquefying approximately 44 MMcf/day of domestically produced...
BP Signs LNG Supply Deal with KOGAS
Posted on Sep 30, 2019 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on BP Signs LNG Supply Deal with KOGAS
Reuters reports that BP has signed a 15-year LNG supply deal with South Korea’s state-run natural gas company, Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”). The deal could be extended for three years at BP’s option and is estimated to be worth up to $9.61 billion if extended to 18 years. Under the deal, BP will supply 1.58 million tons of LNG per annum beginning in 2025. BP will supply the LNG...
DOE Releases Update to LNG Greenhouse Gas Study
Posted on Sep 30, 2019 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Releases Update to LNG Greenhouse Gas Study
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has released for public comment the report Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States: 2019 Update (LCA GHG Update). The LCA GHG Update is an update to DOE’s 2014 LCA GHG Report. As explained by DOE, “[t]he purpose of the LCA GHG Update is to provide additional information...