LNG

May 18 (LNGJ) - US liquefied natural gas exports were steady in the past week as seven carriers with a combined capacity of 25.8 billion cubic feet departed between May 10 and May 16. The US Energy Information Administration said that six tankers left with shipments from the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana and one vessel carried a cargo from the Cove Point facility in Maryland. US natural gas prices were firm with the US benchmark Henry Hub spot price at between $2.72 per million British thermal units and $2.78 per MMBtu. The report said shale-gas prices on Dominion South pipeline in northwest Pennsylvania were last at $2.19 per MMBtu, while Tennessee Zone 4 Marcellus spot prices were under $1 per MMBtu after previously trading at $1.72 per MMBtu.