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Fourth-quarter spot gas prices at the US gas trading benchmark Henry Hub will average $4.00 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), or above — a 16% rise from levels forecast in…
Free ReadRoyal Dutch Shell, whose LNG sales tops 60 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), has agreed to divest its interests in the US Permian Basin to ConocoPhillips for $9.5 billion in…
New Fortress Energy (NFE) has chartered the floating storage and regasification unit (FRSU) ‘Höegh Gallant’ from New York-listed Höegh LNG Partners for a period of 10 years from the fourth…
Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean nation shipping cargoes from the Atlantic LNG facility at Point Fortin in Trinidad, will have access to more natural gas after UK major BP brought…
Liquefaction demand at US terminals will stay strong through end-October, given that Henry Hub gas prices for the winter strip (November-March 2022) are approaching $5 per million British thermal unit…
Free ReadDespite rising prices for the six US liquefaction and export plants, China and Brazil remain the top destinations for US LNG shipments. Data from the Department of Energy (DoE) shows 97…
The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast had just re-started shipping cargoes in September after a two-and-a-half month shutdown for technical issues. Now, it has…
Japan’s largest utility JERA, along with Mitsui and partners, has agreed to sell its entire stake in the Mexican power plant operator MT Falcon Holdings to the British investment fund…
Free ReadVenture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export project has filed its monthly construction report to regulators showing sub-stantial progress as the facility aims to be the next large US LNG export…
Commonwealth LNG, the export venture proposed for Cameron Parish in the US Gulf Coast state of Louisiana, has been informed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of the launch of…
Thursday, 07 October 2021
• August-September exports at 11.83mmt • Up 0.21mmt (2pct) over June-July period • Shipments up 6.74mmt (132pct) over period year-on-year • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 94pct for report period
Thursday, 07 October 2021
Free ReadPeriod between 01 August and 30 September 2021, inclusively. Elba Island LNG Elba Island LNG exported five cargoes amounting to 0.29mmt in August and September, broadly steady in volume terms…
Commissioning is underway for Nord Stream 2 and once the pipeline starts up in late August, or early September, cheap Russian gas supply will likely reduce US LNG exports to…
Natural gas spot price at the US bellwether Henry Hub keeps rising amid growing LNG exports and higher gas industrial consumption. Analysts expect spot prices to reach $2.92 per MMBtu 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.