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Caroline Evans

Caroline Evans joined NGI as an associate LNG editor in March 2021. Prior to NGI, she was a reporter for five years at oil & gas newspaper Upstream, where she covered North American LNG and shale. Caroline holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from McGill University and a master of arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Equinor Bumps Marcellus Production as Overall Output Declines

Equinor Bumps Marcellus Production as Overall Output Declines

Equinor ASA’s U.S. natural gas production ticked up in the first quarter, driven by activity in the Appalachian Basin, offsetting a drop in the Norwegian major’s overall output. The company logged 236,300 boe/d from its Marcellus Shale in 1Q2021, compared to 207,000 boe/d reported in the previous quarter and 186,600 boe/d in 1Q2020. Total Marcellus…

May 4, 2021
Cheniere Logs Record LNG Cargoes Despite Winter Storm Uri

Cheniere Logs Record LNG Cargoes Despite Winter Storm Uri

Cheniere Energy Inc. exported a record number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes during the first quarter despite the impacts of Winter Storm Uri, which shut down the Corpus Christi LNG plant in South Texas for several days. The company said in its first quarter earnings report it shipped 133 cargoes during the period, compared…

May 4, 2021
NextEra Teams Up with Opal Fuels for Minnesota RNG Project

NextEra Teams Up with Opal Fuels for Minnesota RNG Project

NextEra Energy Inc. is diving into the renewable natural gas (RNG) game with plans to develop a landfill gas capture facility with fuels distributor Opal Fuels LLC. The utility, the self-described world’s largest producer of wind and solar energy, plans to work with Opal to replace an existing power generation facility with a new RNG…

April 29, 2021
Range Gets Boost from Natural Gas, NGL Pricing

Range Gets Boost from Natural Gas, NGL Pricing

Range Resources Corp. got a boost from improved commodity pricing in 1Q2021, including a 44% rise in natural gas prices and a 77% increase in natural gas liquids (NGL) prices. The Appalachian Basin pure-play on Tuesday reported an average realized natural gas price of $2.58/Mcf compared to $1.74/Mcf a year ago.  Range also reported an…

April 27, 2021
Total Suspends Activity at Mozambique LNG Site as Violence Worsens

Total Suspends Activity at Mozambique LNG Site as Violence Worsens

French supermajor Total SE has suspended work at its Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) work site amid rising violence in the area. Total said the security threat from violent insurgents had led it to declare force majeure on the $20 billion project. It did not say when work might resume. “Considering the evolution of the…

April 26, 2021
Chart Industries Sees Rapid Growth in Small-Scale LNG

Chart Industries Sees Rapid Growth in Small-Scale LNG

Chart Industries Inc. has recently seen growing interest in technology and equipment related to small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments since the start of the year, but it expects large-scale activity to be muted this year. “From the beginning of the year until now, our small-scale pipeline has easily grown $150 million from a quoting…

April 22, 2021
EU Firms Up Green Investment Criteria, with Natural Gas Considered Later

EU Firms Up Green Investment Criteria, with Natural Gas Considered Later

The European Commission on Wednesday punted the question of natural gas as an energy transition fuel down the road as it moved closer to making official criteria for what it considers a “green” investment. The College of Commissioners reached a political agreement on the European Union (EU) Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, which aims to provide…

April 21, 2021
NextDecade, Project Canary Launch GHG Monitoring Pilot for Rio Grande LNG

NextDecade, Project Canary Launch GHG Monitoring Pilot for Rio Grande LNG

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer NextDecade Corp. is teaming up with Project Canary to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with cargoes from the planned Rio Grande export facility in Texas, an effort the companies said is the first of its kind in the global LNG industry. The joint pilot project would focus on…

April 19, 2021
U.S. Coast Guard Calls Off Seacor Search in Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Coast Guard Calls Off Seacor Search in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is suspending its search and rescue efforts for eight people still missing after a Seacor Marine-owned liftboat capsized off Louisiana last week. “This does not mean the case is closed,” Capt. Will E. Watson, sector commander in New Orleans, said Monday during a press conference. “At any time, we might…

April 19, 2021
Second Person Found Dead After Seacor Liftboat Capsize; Search Efforts Continue

Second Person Found Dead After Seacor Liftboat Capsize; Search Efforts Continue

A second person has been found dead in the Gulf of Mexico after a Seacor Marine-owned liftboat capsized on Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said Friday the person, an unidentified man, was spotted around 7:10 p.m. local time on Thursday by a helicopter crew that was searching the area. He was found in the…

April 16, 2021