EIA: U.S. Expected to be Net Gas Exporter in 2017
Posted on Aug 9, 2017 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on EIA: U.S. Expected to be Net Gas Exporter in 2017
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017. The United States has been a net gas exporter for three of the past four months and this is expected to continue for the rest of 2017 and throughout 2018 due to growing U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico, declining...
Fourchon LNG Requests FERC to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Fourchon LNG Requests FERC to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Fourchon LNG LLC has filed a letter requesting that FERC initiate its pre-filing environmental review procedures for Fourchon LNG’s proposed LNG export project, to be located in Lafourche Parish, La. Fourchon LNG proposes to site, construct, own, and operate a LNG liquefaction facility with a peak capacity of approximately five (5.0) million metric tons of LNG per annum and a ship...
Cameron LNG Train 1 Start Likely Delayed Until 2019
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cameron LNG Train 1 Start Likely Delayed Until 2019
The San Diego Tribune reports that LNG production from Train 1 of Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG export terminal under construction in Cameron Parish, La. is likely to be pushed back to 2019, with Trains 2 and 3 following in close order. No explanation was given for the delay. Train 1 was scheduled to go online in 2018. ...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Expected In-Service 4th Quarter 2017
Posted on Aug 2, 2017 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Expected In-Service 4th Quarter 2017
In a July 2017 update, Dominion Energy Cove Point (DECP) states that its liquefaction and LNG export terminal project at Lusby, Md. “is 92% complete and is on track for an in-service date in the fourth quarter [of] 2017.” DECP states that “[a]ll of the major equipment has been set in place and now the focus is on commissioning activities.”...
Petronas Cancels B.C. LNG Terminal Project
Posted on Jul 26, 2017 in Canada & Mexico, Financing, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Petronas Cancels B.C. LNG Terminal Project
Malaysian state oil and gas company Petronas released a statement that it and its partners “have decided not to proceed with the Pacific NorthWest LNG project at Port Edward in British Columbia [B.C.], Canada.” According to the statement, the decision “was made after a careful and total review of the project amid changes in market conditions.” Read more in the Reuters article....
FERC Releases Update on Annova LNG Brownsville Project
Posted on Jul 19, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Annova LNG Brownsville Project
FERC has released an update on its review of the Annova LNG Brownsville export project proposed to be located on the southern bank of the Brownsville Ship Channel at mile marker 8.2, in Cameron County, Texas. The project would include six liquefaction trains with the ability to produce about 6 million tons per year of LNG, an interconnected intrastate pipeline, and marine export...