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Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Will French energy firms be banned from importing US shale gas?

Segolene Royale, the French minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs, has told parliament she will examine ways to ban LNG imports sourced from shale gas. Three of France’s…
Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Ex-Cheniere CEO Souki files plant for Driftwood LNG

Advancing a competing project, the former Cheniere CEO Charif Souki has filed an initial plan with regulators for Driftwood LNG on the US Gulf Coast to produce 26 mtpa. Souki…
Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Cheniere instates ex-Goldman Sachs man as new CEO

Shares in Cheniere Energy surged over 6% on the day when the first US LNG exporter named a new CEO, ending a quarrel at the top of the firm. The…
Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Eagle LNG to start supplying the marine fuels market in 2017

Florida-based Eagle LNG has announced it started the construction of its Florida liquefaction plant in the port city of Jacksonville to supply the marine fuels market and other sectors from…
Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Freeport LNG builds dock to handle two ships simultaneously

Dredging works are progressing at Freeport LNG to accommodate a second ship dock. Works began in early February 2016 and once completed in 2018, the Freeport facility will be able…
Tuesday, 31 May 2016

FERC authorizes Cameron LNG to produce an extra 10 mtpa

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has given the green light to Cameron LNG to build two additional liquefaction Trains and five in total for almost 25 mtpa in…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

Rush to book transit slots in expanded Panama Canal

Within hours of the opening of the first booking period, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has filled all 25 available slots. First commercial transit through the expanded Canal is due…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

Portugal likely to be Europe’s first recipient of US LNG

The first cargo of US LNG to head for Europe is expected to land in Portugal. Galp Energy purchased the cargo shipped from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal which is expected…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

Senate’s LNG bill hailed as ‘watershed moment’

Passing of “The Energy Policy Modernization Act” in the US Senate by a vote of 85-12 was hailed by LNG project developers as a ‘watershed moment’. The bill will speed…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

North American LNG exports to peak after 2030

With the first ever US LNG cargo having set sail from Sabine Pass in February, the share of LNG from North America will continue to grow and is forecast to…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

US gas production reached record high

Despite relatively low prices, production of US natural gas production reached a record high level of 79 Bcf/d in 2015, up 5% year-on-year, according to EIA figures. Five states –…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

LNG project management claimed to be in ‘dismal state’

A decline in engineering quality is jeopardizing timely proceedings and project management for new LNG ventures, Neeraj Nandurdikar, analyst at Independent Project Analysis (IPA) of Ashburn told the LNG18 conference.
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

Speed of South Pars development ‘crucial’ for Iran’s future gas exports

Not only will Iran’s oil exports rise, once sanctions are untangled, the Islamic Republic is also gearing up to boost natural gas and liquids production. EIA analysts anticipate Iran’s non-crude…
Tuesday, 03 May 2016

Iran eyes exporting gas via Omani LNG terminals

Once sanctions are lifted, Iran aims to sell gas to Persian Gulf states, notably Oman, for export as LNG to global markets. The head of National Iranian Gas Export Co.…
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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.