LNG

Gulf South Pipeline’s Texas Gateway Project has entered the federal FAST-41 permitting program, accelerating federal review of the proposed 155-mile pipeline that would add 1.45 Bcf/d of natural gas transportation capacity between East Texas and the Louisiana Gulf Coast. If completed, the added takeaway capacity would also help supply expanding U.S. LNG export facilities and bolster feedgas availability for new projects.

Gulfstream LNG, an US greenfield project, is advancing through FERC’s pre-filing review, while Texas LNG has already moved further along in the regulatory process and is working toward final authorization.

Caturus has taken a final investment decision (FID) on its 9.5 mtpa Commonwealth LNG export project in Louisiana, supported by $9.75 billion in total financing and several long-term offtake agreements. Construction just begun, with first LNG targeted in late 2029 and full operations by 2030.

ADNOC’s finance arm, XRG will raise its stake in Rio Grande LNG project by buying another 7.6% stake in Trains 4 and 5 from the BlackRock affiliate Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The acquisition adds to XRG’s existing 11.7% interest in the project's first three Trains.

Nick Flores, CEO of the Coastal Bend LNG project, has highlighted the inclusion of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a ‘central feature’ of the company’s proposed liquefaction terminal in Texas. CO2 emissions from the onsite power plant will be captured, moved by pipeline for sequestration and long-term underground storage.

Swiss commodity trading house Gunvor is in talks to buy US upstream acreage – notably Baytex Energy assets in the Eagle Ford shale – in a bid to mend relations with the Trump administration, which had fiercely opposed Gunvor’s earlier bid for Lukoil’s foreign assets.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will launch two new trading points at Trinity Gas Storage’s Bethel facility in East Texas on October 1. Direct transactions in and out of the 24 Bcf gas storage facility will sharpen price transparency in one of the fastest-growing corridors for US LNG exports.

Constraints on feeder pipelines could coke the imminent surge in US LNG exports. “It’s not about the availability of gas, it’s about transportation. “How are we actually going to get it there?,” Cheniere’s vice president Nishita Singh told a conference in Texas.

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.

ST LNG, led by the U.S. entrepreneur Sharad Tak and Alap Shah, New Fortress Energy’s former head of FLNG, has announced plans to develop a floating LNG export facility with a capacity of up to 8.4 mtpa offshore Matagorda, Texas. The modular project is designed to process and export LNG directly from offshore platforms starting from 2026.