Project engineer Technip Energies pledges to strengthen LNG leadership as contracts surge amid solid earnings
Technip Energies, the leading European energy and liquefied natural gas project engineers, reported solid profits and its backlog surged as it pledged to strengthen its leadership in 2024 in the low-carbon LNG sector.
Sempra Infrastructure promotes former lead executive in Mexico who advanced LNG and utility projects
Sempra Infrastructure, the owner of the Cameron LNG plant in Louisiana and with other LNG interests in the US and Mexico, has named Tania Ortiz Mena has President of the company.
Mexico's Pemex hit by widening losses and lower revenue as domestic natural gas flaring affects output
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican oil and gas company, is currently struggling to emerge from the economic slowdown amid widening losses and tumbling revenues at a time when several LNG export projects are moving forward in the country.
Mexico prepares tender process for LNG export and pipeline projects for Gulf of Mexico-Pacific Isthmus
The Mexican state-run fuel distribution company CFEnergía is seeking expressions of interest from companies to build and operate a floating liquefied natural gas export facility at the Pacific port of Salina Cruz and an affiliated gas pipeline.
Sempra of US signs LNG supply deal with Poland covering all volumes beyond Port Arthur project
Sempra Energy, the owner of the US Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana, the Port Arthur venture in Texas and the Costa Azul liquefaction project in Mexico, has signed an preliminary accord to supply Poland with 2 million tonnes per annum of cargoes.
Sempra’s LNG unit has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) for the cargoes from its portfolio projects in North America.
“We look forward to continuing to work with PGNiG to help meet their energy objectives from our strategically positioned LNG facilities and development projects on the Gulf and Pacific Coasts of North America,” said Justin Bird, Chief Executive of Sempra LNG.
Paweł Majewski, CEO of PGNiG, said his company valued its relationship with Sempra LNG and was keen to continue developing these ties.
“The MOU allows for shifting the volumes originally contracted at Port Arthur LNG to other facilities from Sempra's projects portfolio,” explained Majewski.
Sempra, based in San Diego, California, is also developing additional LNG facilities and carbon sequestration infrastructure along the value chain on the Gulf and Pacific Coasts.
Sempra explained that the Polish accord was non-binding and was completed in connection with the termination of a previous sale and purchase agreement (SPA) signed between the parties in 2018 that provided for 2 MPTA of LNG shipments to be delivered from the Port Arthur plant.
Sempra LNG owns a 50.2 percent interest in Cameron LNG, a three-Train export facility operating in Hackberry in Louisiana.
Sempra is currently considering the scale of a proposed expansion of the plant through one additional liquefaction Train with an offtake capacity of over 6 MTPA.
Sempra LNG along with its Mexican subsidiary, IEnova, and French major TotalEnergies are transforming the existing import terminal at Costa Azul in the state of Baja California into an export plant.
The first phase is already under construction and first production of LNG is expected by the end of 2024.
Sempra added that a potential Costa Azul expansion project was in the early stages of development.
