Front-End Loading gets underway UE LNG site in Houston
United Energy LNG (UE LNG) is working on a scalable liquefaction platform to serve industry, power gen, and transport markets. Front-End Loading (FEL) Phase 1 is underway at a site in Houston, a second site is underway, and a third site in Kansas set to start FEL in a few days.
Williams puts two Transco expansions into service
U.S pipeline operator William has commissioned two Transco projects – the Southeast Energy Connector in Alabama and the Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway along the Gulf Coast. The fully contracted expansions help deliver additional volumes to LNG exports facilities along the Gulf Coast.
Latest US M&A action sees natural gas producer EQT merging with Equitrans Midstream to create $23Bln combination
EQT Corp., the leading US natural gas producer in the Appalachian shale basins, is merging in a combination worth over $23 billion with Equitrans Midstream, the operator of natural gas gathering systems and the owner of the key Mountain Valley Pipeline.
US LNG exporters are expected to ship over 70 million tonnes of cargoes in 2021 even with higher costs
US liquefied natural gas producers have seen their costs of supply increase for shipments to Asia, though the plants on the Gulf Coast and the East Coast are unlikely to repeat the 2020 cost-related shut-ins as global LNG demand has rebounded.
Panal Canal expansion feared 'not enough' for rising US LNG exports
Though start-up of the $5.2 billion Panama Canal expansion is scheduled for January, it may be difficult to accommodate 30 mtpa of LNG from the US Gulf Coast and Trinidad and Tobago - equivalent to 1 LNG ship per day, each way - to reach Pacific via the shortest route, Wood Mackenzie warns.
