In this issue

 

JERA, Japan’s largest LNG importer, together with Chiyoda and researchers at RITE have started a demonstration project whereby solid sorbent material is used to separate CO2 from the exhaust of…
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
• May-June exports at 13.83mmt at time of writing • Down 0.21mmt (-1pct) over March-April period • Shipments up 1.48mmt (12pct) over period year-on-year • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 97pct for report…
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Free ReadPeriod between 01 May 2022 and 29 June 2022, inclusively.  Elba Island LNG Elba Island LNG reduced utilisation from full-scale in March-April to 75pct in May-June to date. Elba Island’s…
Fitch Rating anticipates more US LNG cargoes will continue to be shipped to Europe as higher netbacks earned here than in China make cargo diversions “more competitive”, while more liquefaction capacity…
The French utility Engie has agreed to purchase 1.75 million tons per annum of LNG on a free-on-board basis from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project on the Brownsville Ship…
Energy Transfer, owner of assets in the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale, has signed supply accord with the global commodities trader Gunvor for 2 mtpa from the Lake Charles LNG…
Free ReadMore than 900 drilling permits for new horizontal wells have recently been awarded in the Permian Basin, spurred by high oil prices. “This is a clear signal that operators in…
Adding no interstate gas pipeline capacity in the United States through to 2050 risks to severely limit gas flows from the Appalachia production region to the Midwest.
El Salvador has imported its maiden LNG cargo in early April when Shell shipped roughly 0.06 million tons of super-chilled gas to FSRU Tatjana near the Port of Acajutla. The…
Free ReadWoodfibre LNG, the mid-scale project near the town of Squamish in British Columbia, has issued a notice to proceed to US engineering contractor McDermott to move the projects towards major…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will substantially curtail the carbon footprint of future LNG projects. LNG players in the US, who benefit from the 45Q tax credit, will likely be…
Helmerich & Payne (H&P), North America’s largest land drilling solutions provider, have invested $33 million into Galileo to use their technology on drill pads. Galilieo’s technology can capture natural gas…
Monday, 09 May 2022
• March-April exports at 14.7mmt  • Up 0.88mmt (6pct) over January-February period • Shipments up 1.88mmt (15pct) over period year-on-year • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 117pct for report period 
Monday, 09 May 2022
Free ReadPeriod between 01 March 2022 and 30 April 2022, inclusively. Elba Island LNG Elba Island LNG produced flat out and exported a total of six cargoes amounting to 0.45mmt in…

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.