In this issue

 

Free ReadBlack & Veatch will carry out the technical, engineering and commercial feasibility studies of the Andes Energy Terminal (AET) in Colombia. It will scrutinise the development of a LNG regas…
Marlim Azul Energia will generated electricity from domestic gas from Brazilian pre-salt deposit. One M501JAC gas turbine has been shipped from Mitsubishi Power Americas to Marlim Azul Energia's power project…
Chevron Corp., a leading LNG exporter and operator of liquefaction projects in Africa and Australia, has no plans to reduce its oil and gas business in favour of wind and…
Monday, 05 July 2021
• May-June exports at 12.17mmt • Down 0.41mmt (-3pct) over March-April period • Shipments up 6.32mmt (108pct) over period year-on-year • Avg. US capacity utilisation at 97pct for report period
Monday, 05 July 2021
Free ReadPeriod between 1 May and 30 June, inclusively. Elba Island LNG Elba Island LNG exported five cargoes amounting to 0.36mmt in May and June, broadly steady in volume terms compared…
Prospect of dwindling production from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale will likely spark a rise in US LNG imports over the coming months to build up reserve prior to the heating…
Flex LNG, the Norwegian shipowner with a fleet of 12 modern vessels, has signed charters with Cheniere Energy of the US, for at least four of its carriers, and with…
The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has held its annual meeting of members in Houston and recalled a past year of success.
Free ReadThe US Department of Energy has just published its latest LNG export data with the average overall price for the six plants rising with deliveries concentrated on Europe, including the…
WhiteWater Midstream is holding an open season for up to 2 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of firm storage capacity at the Waha Gas Storage in Texas. The bidding process started…
Tellurian Inc., the developer of the US Driftwood LNG export plant in Louisiana, has resumed drilling in the Haynesville Shale basin and considers buying more acreage. Executive chairman Charif Souki…
Free ReadJack Fusco, President and CEO of Cheniere Energy, said global LNG demand was still „very high“ and the North Hemisphere summer slowdown was being offset by South American nations seeking…
Firmer prices at Henry Hub have reduced the gas use for power generation in the United States, but government analysts forecast an increase in natural gas consumption, including for LNG…
The US economy has been badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with gas consumption in 2020 falling to 1.9 Bcf per day below the 2019 high of 85.1 Bcf/d. Analysts…

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.