In this issue

 

Tuesday, 03 January 2023
• November-December exports at 14.18mmt at the time of writing  • Up 1.32mmt (10pct) over September-October period  • Shipments up 0.67mmt (5pct) over period year-on-year  • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 99pct for…
Tuesday, 03 January 2023
Period between 1 November 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusively. 
Restart of operations at Freeport LNG in early November will bring some relief to tight European gas markets as utility buyers seek to keep the lights on this winter. Freeport…
Free ReadBuyers’ quest for US LNG has slowed down markedly from a highpoint in July, when 14 formal and tentative offtake agreements were sealed, as rampant inflation and rising interest rates are…
America gears up to become Europe’s top gas supplier, covering 40 percent of the bloc’s future gas demand. Assuming no gas trade between Russia and the EU, up to 136…
Though Canada agreed to export green hydrogen to Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not want to give up the option of building LNG terminals on the Canadian Atlantic coast within…
Free ReadRestrictions on Russian gas exports have accelerated US LNG projects: Spending on greenfield LNG projects totalled $27 billion this year and will peak at $42 billion in 2024, Rystad Energy…
On cold winter days, New England imports LNG when key pipelines freeze up but shipments of the pricy super-chilled fuel increasingly get displaced by domestic dry gas and Canadian gas.…
US utilities keep burning more gas to produce electricity despite a stark rise in fuel prices, limiting volumes available for liquefaction and export.
Monday, 03 October 2022
Free Read• August-September exports at 12.47mmt at time of writing • Down 1.41mmt (-10pct) over May-June period • Shipments up 0.67mmt (6pct) over period year-on-year • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 87pct for reporting…
Monday, 03 October 2022
Period between 01 August 2022 and 29 September 2022, inclusively. 
US oil major Chevron has taken steps to boosts its position in global LNG trading, having just signed cargo supply agreements with Cheniere Energy and newcomer Venture Global. With the latter,…
US government analysts expect natural gas spot prices to rise again this month and stay high through the rest of 2022 due to low inventories and higher gas-burn in the…
Free ReadTarga Resources Corp., one of the largest US independent midstream infrastructure companies, has agreed to acquire Lucid Energy, a natural gas gathering and processing services company in the Delaware Basin…

News Nudges

Chevron decarbonises LNG fleet

Chevron has signed an agreement with Sempcorp Marine Repairs & Upgrades to help reduce the carbon-intensity of its LNG fleet operations. The tankers will be retrofitted with new technologies such as a reliquefication system, hull air lubrication and new gas compressors. These measures expected to reduce cargo boil-off, lower fuel consumption and increase volumes of cargo delivered.


Shell’s profits double

Global energy major Shell said its adjusted earnings in the final three months of 2022 had more than doubled to $39.9 billion on the back of soaring oil and gas prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shell posted its record earnings just days after US-based Exxon Mobil announced annual profits of $55.7 billion.