United States Pushing LNG Exports to Pakistan
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on United States Pushing LNG Exports to Pakistan
The Express Tribune (Pakistan) reports that U.S. embassy officials have lobbied the Pakistani government to replace planned natural gas purchases from Iran with less expensive natural gas supplies from the United States. A government official stated that the United States has not made any firm offer to supply LNG to Pakistan, but that the U.S. Agency for International Development...
Cheniere Submits Description of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project to FERC
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere Submits Description of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project to FERC
Cheniere has filed a detailed project description for the company’s planned Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction project with FERC. The report, submitted under FERC’s pre-filing procedures, is available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No. PF12-3. Separately, the Wall Street Journal [subscription required] offers an analysis of Cheniere Energy, concluding that the...
EIA Expects United States to Become Net LNG Exporter by 2016
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on EIA Expects United States to Become Net LNG Exporter by 2016
Speaking to an audience in Washington, D.C., Acting Administrator Howard Gruenspecht of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicted that the United States will become a net LNG exporter by 2016. According to Bloomberg, Gruenspecht noted that domestic natural gas supply is growing faster than demand and that the surplus will likely be exported to Mexico and...
United States Received Less Than 20% of Trinidad’s LNG Exports in 2011
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on United States Received Less Than 20% of Trinidad’s LNG Exports in 2011
Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs reports that the United States received approximately 19% of Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG exports in 2011, while approximately 60% of the country’s LNG exports went to destinations in Asia, Europe, and South America. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] provides additional...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Poland Urged to Prepare for LNG Exports (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] Lithuania Turns to LNG, Picks Hoegh for Platform (Reuters)
U.S. Virgin Islands May Consider LNG Imports
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Virgin Islands May Consider LNG Imports
Following the announcement that Hess and PDVSA will close their jointly-owned oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Rep. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) told Platts LNG Daily that the U.S. territory may consider constructing an LNG import facility to accept LNG from U.S. exporters. [Subscription...