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Start-up of Elba Island Terminal Delayed

Platts reports that Kinder Morgan spokeswoman Katherine Hill said “startup of Elba has been delayed due to additional common commissioning issues that are systematically being addressed on the first of the 10 liquefaction units.” The Elba Island liquefaction and LNG export terminal, located near Savannah, Ga., is utilizing Shell’s Movable Modular Liquefaction System,...

Cheniere Makes Positive FID for Sabine Pass Train 6

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (Cheniere Partners) announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has made a positive final investment decision (FID) with respect to Train 6 of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project (SPL Project) in Cameron Parish, La., and Cheniere Partners has issued full notice to proceed with construction to Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals,...

Cheniere Unit Corpus Christi Stage III and Apache Sign Long-Term Gas Supply Agreement Indexed to Global LNG Prices

Cheniere Energy (Cheniere) announced that its subsidiary, Cheniere Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC (Corpus Christi Stage III), has entered into a long-term gas supply agreement (GSA) with Apache Corporation (Apache) under which Apache has agreed to sell 140,000 MMBtu/day of natural gas to Corpus Christi Stage III for a term of approximately 15 years. According to the press...

Total to Acquire Toshiba LNG portfolio

Total announced that it has signed an agreement with Toshiba to acquire its portfolio of LNG, including a 20-year tolling agreement for 2.2 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Freeport LNG train 3 in Texas and the corresponding gas transportation agreements on the pipelines feeding the terminal. The press release states that “[u]nder the transaction, Total will acquire all the shares...

Cameron LNG Sends Out First Commissioning Cargo; Receives Extension of Time to Complete Facilities

Today, Cameron LNG announced that the first commissioning cargo shipment of LNG departed from its Hackberry, La., liquefaction and export facility. Commercial operations will follow completion of performance testing and receipt of FERC authorization to commence service. Cameron LNG is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG, Total, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Japan LNG Investment,...

FERC Grants Freeport LNG Extension to Complete Construction and Enter Service

FERC has issued a letter granting Freeport LNG an extension of time until June 30, 2020 to complete construction of its liquefaction and LNG export project facilities on Quintana Island, Texas, and make them available for...

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