LNG

US pipeline natural gas supplies for Mexico have been approved by regulators to provide feed-gas for the US company Mexico Pacific Ltd to export LNG to Asia and other regions from a liquefaction plant proposed for the Mexican state of Sonora.

Dominion Energy has begun a scheduled three-week maintenance at the Cove Point liquefied natural gas export plant, leaving Sabine Pass as the only US LNG cargo exporter through mid-October 2018, as it also sold three power plants in the US Northeast and Louisiana.

Australian LNG stakeholder Santos said it would concentrate on continuing to supply feed-gas to the Darwin LNG plant, operated by partner ConocoPhillips since 2006, as well as developing other Australian natural gas assets and expanding Papua New Guinea LNG output to meet rising Asian demand.

French energy major Total, with stakes in LNG liquefaction plants and projects in Australia, Russia and the US said it envisaged Atlantic Basin expansions at Cameron LNG in Louisiana and in Nigeria as well as new joint ventures elsewhere.