DOE Releases LNG Export Data through July 2017
Posted on Sep 15, 2017 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on DOE Releases LNG Export Data through July 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released data on U.S. LNG imports and exports for the period February 2016 through July 2017. The top five recipients of exported LNG from the United States, and the percentages of the total amount of LNG exported for the period, are Mexico (23.3%), South Korea (8.8%), China (8.8%), Chile (8.7%) and Japan (7.2%)....
Netherlands to Receive Second Sabine Pass LNG Cargo
Posted on Sep 14, 2017 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Netherlands to Receive Second Sabine Pass LNG Cargo
Reuters reports that a second cargo of LNG loading at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. is expected to arrive in the Netherlands in early October. The first shipment of LNG to the Netherlands from the Sabine Pass terminal arrived on June 8 of this year. ...
CNOOC Unit Cancels Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 14, 2017 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on CNOOC Unit Cancels Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal
The Globe and Mail reports that Nexen Energy, partially owned by Chinese energy company CNOOC Ltd., has cancelled its proposed Aurora LNG export terminal project on Digby Island, British Columbia (B.C.) due to low LNG prices in Asian markets. The other owners of Aurora LNG are Japanese companies Inpex Corp., JGC Corp. and JOGMEC. According to the article, of the more than 20 LNG...
Alaska LNG Project Concludes Capacity Solicitation
Posted on Sep 7, 2017 in Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Project Concludes Capacity Solicitation
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) announced that it has concluded the capacity solicitation process for foundation customer capacity on the proposed Alaska LNG Project, which is comprised of, among other components, an 800-mile pipeline and an LNG export terminal. The press release states that “an Alaska producer submitted a conforming intent to subscribe for capacity...
U.S. LNG Arrives in Lithuania
Posted on Aug 21, 2017 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. LNG Arrives in Lithuania
Reuters reports that a cargo of LNG from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. has reached Lithuania. According to Reuters, the LNG is for clients of a Lithuanian state-owned trader that are located in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Lithuanian government estimates it will import half of its gas consumption in 2017 as LNG, mostly from Norway’s Statoil,...
IECA Urges Moratorium on Further Non-FTA LNG Exports
Posted on Aug 17, 2017 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on IECA Urges Moratorium on Further Non-FTA LNG Exports
Claiming that exporting LNG is “a manufacturing job destroyer” in the long run, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry which “provide[s] absolute justification for placing a moratorium” on further approvals of LNG exports to non-Free Trade Agreement (NFTA) nations. The letter urges Perry “to review...