LNG

The Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas liquefaction and export plant in Texas has yet to ship its first cargo to become the third large-scale LNG export facility to enter commercial production in the US.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has set a deadline of June 25 for acceptance of comments on the future certification process for new interstate natural gas pipelines and facilities at a time when more onshore projects are required for shale gas to supply LNG export plants rather than for conventional fields offshore the Gulf of Mexico.

April 13 (LNGJ) - Williams Partners, majority owner of the largest-volume US interstate natural gas pipeline system Transco, is seeking regulatory approval for its Southeastern Trail Expansion Project to serve growing demand by 2020 in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the nation. “Once complete, the project will help meet the growing natural gas demand in the Southeast, as well as provide access to new sources of domestic natural gas supply,” said the company. The project will continue expansion of southbound capacity on the Transco pipeline system. “Construction of this project along Transco’s existing corridor results in significantly less environmental impact and more economical transportation rates for our customers than other greenfield projects serving these same markets,” added Williams.

UK company National Grid, the nation’s transmission network owner and operator of an LNG import terminal in southeast England, has seen a project it is part of on the US East Coast being approved by regulators to guarantee natural gas supply to New York City during peak demand periods.

Williams Partners, the US natural gas pipeline, said it delivered a record amount of natural gas during the frigid weather on its Transcontinental (Transco) interstate gas pipeline, the nation’s largest, providing supplies to gas distribution companies and power generators from South Texas to New York City - made possible by five pipeline expansions executed in 2017.