LNG

Sempra Energy, the developer of two US export projects and a third in Mexico, said it received authorizations from the US Department of Energy to export US-produced pipeline natural gas to Mexico and to re-export it as LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the US.

Sempra Energy, the developer of the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana and Costa Azul LNG in Mexico, said it signed an agreement to sell its non-utility US natural gas storage facilities for $322 million to a unit of ArcLight Capital Partners.

May 12 (LNGJ) - The Sempra Energy head of infrastructure businesses, Joseph Householder, said the US Cameron LNG export project in Louisiana remained on track after experiencing some weather-related construction delays. Householder said the California-based utility and energy company and its French and Japanese partners, Engie, Mitsui and Mitsubishi were committed to the current Cameron schedule for the first of three liquefaction Trains to be on stream by early 2018. “The commitment of each of our partners and customers to get the project finished and into operation is completely there,” Householder told a meeting of analysts. “We're all going to the site to view the progress next month and we're all engaged in getting this important project done.”