LNG operator Chevron expects spending of $22Bln with most of upstream budget allocated to US and targeting shale
Chevron Corp., the operator of liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia and Africa, said it expected a capital expenditure range of $15.5 billion to $16.5 billion and an affiliate spending budget of around $3Bln for 2024.
US investor and Cove Point LNG stake owner Warren Buffet buys more shares in Occidental Petroleum
Warren Buffett, one of America’s most followed investors, has taken his stake in Occidental Petroleum to more than 19 percent, in a varied portfolio of energy shares and stakes acquired by the man known as the “Oracle of Omaha”.
US forecasts falling LNG exports will decline even further in third quarter on reduced cargo demand
US government forecasts expect the nation’s liquefied natural gas exports will average 5.6 billion cubic feet per day in the second quarter of 2020 and they will decline further through the end of the Northern Hemisphere summer as a result of reduced global demand.
Rio Grande LNG project signs pipelines accord with Enbridge to tap into South Texas gas
NextDecade Corp., the Texas LNG project company has signed an accord with Enbridge Inc, the Canadian pipeline company, to jointly develop pipelines in South Texas to take feed-gas to the Rio Grande LNG export plant planned for the Port of Brownsville.
NextDecade is planning the Rio Grande liquefaction facility and its associated Rio Bravo Pipeline.
Rio Bravo is designed to transport 4.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Agua Dulce area to the Rio Grande export plant at Brownsville.
NextDecade said its intention is to develop an export path for natural gas from the Permian Basin to the global LNG market.
Under current plans, NextDecade’s Rio Grande plant will have capacity to produce around 27 million tonnes per annum of LNG.
“Enbridge is one of North America’s leading energy infrastructure companies and we look forward to exploring a strong partnership in South Texas,” said NextDecade Chairman and Chief Executive Matt Schatzman.
“With its Texas Eastern Pipeline and recently completed Valley Crossing Pipeline, Enbridge has extensive permitting, construction, and operating experience in the State of Texas, especially in South Texas,” added Schatzman.
Bill Yardley, Enbridge’s President of Gas Transmission and Midstream, said the Toronto-listed company was excited to be working with NextDecade for pipeline solutions in the US export market.
“Our existing infrastructure fits very well with the Brownsville location,” explained Yardley.
“This is a continuation of our strategy to bring our major projects execution and permitting capability to the expanding LNG export efforts in North America,” he stated.
Both companies anticipate finalizing definitive documentation reflecting the terms of their current accord in the fourth quarter of 2019.
The Rio Grande project in May 2019 signed fully wrapped lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contracts with Bechtel, including cost, schedule and performance guarantees.
The EPC contracts are for the first phase of the Rio Grande facility, comprising three liquefaction Trains, two 180,000 cubic metres storage tanks and two marine berths totaling exactly $9.56 billion.
Each Rio Grande liquefaction train for the Brownsville plant is expected to have capacity up to 5.87 MTPA, which would generate an EPC cost of around $543 per ton for the first three Trains.
