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Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana has received regulatory permission to start commissioning the second processing Train at the facility on the Calcasieu Ship Channel and commercial operations…
Golar Power is moving ahead with an integrated LNG-to-Power project in Brazil’s northern state of Para, after securing a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) from the Brazilian authorities. The 605…
Free ReadAustralian-listed LNG Ltd, developer of the Magnolia LNG project in Louisiana, is striving to sign a full sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Delta Offshore Energy. The first LNG cargo…
Flows of natural gas from the Appalachian Shale Basin to the rest of the U.S. keeps growing as production averaged over 16 billion cubic feet per day last month, pushing…
As Japan’s gas-burn in the power sector falls amid competition from coal, nuclear and renewables, the country is expected to lose its position as the world’s No.1 LNG importer to…
Free ReadChina’s switch from coal to gas – both to decarbonize its energy mix and tackle pollution under its Blue Sky policy – requires importing considerably more gas imports and investment…
Rising national gas production in Argentina and peak potential LNG export during the summer months is coinciding with strong winter demand from utilities in the northern part of China and…
European utilities are courted by more and more sellers marketing long-term LNG volumes from pre-FID LNG supply projects. To gain access to attractively-prices US LNG, however, European buyers need to…
Free ReadNear-curve gas prices at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) have fallen as low as $3.86 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in recent weeks, driving up demand for LNG…
Speculative orders for Floating Storage and Regas Units (FSRU) are on the rise as developers want to have the vessels ready for quick deployment once local regulators issue a permit…
GasLog has confirmed that one of its subsidiaries has signed a 10-year time charter with Sinolam LNG Terminal to provide a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) for a gas-fired power plant…
India’s energy giant Petronet has signed a $7.5 billion agreement with Tellurian to take a stake in Driftwood LNG and import 5 million tons of gas per year. If supplies…
Free ReadSouth Korea’s state-run KOGAS has agreed with BP to buy 1.58 million tons of US LNG starting 2025. The deal is worth an estimated $9.61 billion over 18 years and…
SeaFloat, Siemens-made power barges equipped with SGT-A65 gas turbines, will be installed at the Upper Bay of Brooklyn in New York City. Two SeaFloats, with a capacity of 300 MW…

News Nudges

Kinder Morgan boost gas storage capacity in Texas

US pipeline company Kinder Morgan has announced plans to expand the working gas storage capacity at its Markham facility in Matagorda County along the Texas Gulf Coast. To that end, it will lease an additional storage cavern under an agreement with Underground Services Markham, part of Texas Brine Company. The cavern will help provide more than 6 billion cubic feet of incremental working gas storage capacity and 650 million cubic feet per day of incremental withdrawal capacity on KMI’s extensive Texas intrastate pipeline system. Anchor shippers have subscribed to approximately half of the available capacity under long-term agreements and the commercial in-service date for the project is January 2024.