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Wednesday, 01 March 2017

Siemens rolls out micro-scale LNG in Pennsylvania

Dresser-Rand, now part of Siemens Power and Gas, has commissioned its first micro-scale natural gas liquefaction system at the Ten Man LNG facility in Pennsylvania. The modular, portable LNGo technology…
Wednesday, 01 March 2017

Billionaire Tanoto-backed project seeks LNG export licence

Woodfibre LNG, the privately-held venture firm backed by Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto and his Pacific Oil and Gas company, has filed for a 40-year export licence to ship cargoes from…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

US LNG reaches new Middle East buyers

Egypt and Jordan joined the LNG-buyers’ club by using an FSRU in 2015, which offers a faster, cheaper alternative to land-based regas terminals. In the long run Egypt will develop…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Trump’s Russia connection under scrutiny

Uncertainty and speculation about US President Donald Trump’s connection with Russia has been fuelled by his appointment of Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil CEO, as Secretary of State. This choice…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Jordan pioneers FRSUs

Just like Egypt, Jordan’s gas needs far exceed its production and supply from Egypt has been interrupted since a 2011 blast that destroyed the pipeline linking Jordan with Egypt. Looking…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Texas LNG signs up Chinese buyers for Phase-2 volumes

Australia’s Texas LNG, the midscale LNG projects planned for the port of Brownsville, has entered into its second marketing phase after signing up customers from China and Southeast Asia. 
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Magnolia LNG signs HoA for shipments to India

Lake Charles-based 8 mtpa Magnolia LNG, under development in Louisiana, has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Vessel Gasification Solutions Inc. (VGS) in relation to shipping cargoes to India.…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Supplying New England: Spot LNG vs. new gas pipelines

Is it cheaper to pay for the price spikes of spot LNG cargoes during the winter season or for building new pipelines in New England? That is the key question…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Eisbrenner’s company signs lease for 2nd project in Texas

NextDecade, the US project developer run by former Shell executive Kathleen Eisbrenner, has signed land agreements for a 1,000 acres site with deep water access to the Gulf of Mexico…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Point Comfort LNG project files for DoE export permit

The Point Comfort near-shore LNG project in Calhoun County, Texas., run by Lloyds Energy Group, has submitted an application to the US Department of Energy (DoE) to export shipments to…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Air Products makes bid for Chinese firm

Air Products, a leading US LNG equipment maker, has made a takeover approach to Yingde Gases – the largest gas services company in China. With this move, Air Products seeks…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

LNG Ltd scrutinized over share price surge

Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, whose ventures include the Magnolia LNG plant in Louisiana and the Bear Head facility planned for Nova Scotia, has been asked by the Australian Securities…
Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Plans still on to import US LNG to Cumbria

A project aimed at importing liquefied natural gas cargoes into the UK natural gas market at the port of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, northwest England, from Louisiana on the US Gulf…
Wednesday, 04 January 2017

Analysis: US wildcatters impair OPEC’s production cuts

Swing supply sets the price of oil and significantly influences that of natural gas. Though OPEC members seem to have finally overcome internal rifts and are starting to implement production cuts…
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Kinder Morgan sells 25% stake in Chicago city-gas supplier

US pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said a minority stake of 25 percent had been sold in the 9,000-mile Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, which supplies city gas to Chicago and feed gas to LNG plants on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. Kinder Morgan and the other joint owner of the pipeline, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners of Canada, sold the NGPL stake to a fund controlled by ArcLight Capital Partners, based in Boston, Massachusetts, and specialising in energy sector investment. “The value of the minority interest implies an enterprise value of about $5.2 billion for NGPL, representing 11.2 times its 2020 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization,” said a statement from Kinder Morgan and Brookfield. Kinder Morgan and Brookfield said they would each hold a 37.5 percent interest in NGPL following the closing of the ArcLight deal and Kinder would continue to operate the pipeline.