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.
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Oklahoma Landowners Accuse Environmental Monitor of ‘Collusion’ with FERC, Cheniere’s Midship Natural Gas Pipeline
Several Oklahoma landowners are pressing FERC to investigate what they say amounts to collusion involving an environmental compliance monitor, a Cheniere Energy Inc. pipeline subsidiary and the agency’s own Office of Energy Projects (OEP). Central Land Consulting LLC (CLC), which represents landowners on right-of-way for the Midcontinent Subheader Interstate Pipeline (Midship), said in recent filings…
August 18, 2021
Flex LNG CEO Sees Shipping Market Tightening Further
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping market is expected to tighten in the coming years as carrier owners fill charters and older, higher emitting vessels are pushed out of the market, Flex LNG Ltd. CEO Øystein Kalleklev said. One-year term charter rates have risen since the start of the year as global LNG demand has…
August 17, 2021
Murphy Looking to Drill Austin Chalk in Texas
U.S. independent Murphy Oil Corp. plans to drill in the Austin Chalk formation in South Texas later this year, with an eye to derisking about 100 more locations in the play. The company plans to drill four wells on its Eagle Ford Shale acreage in the fourth quarter, one of which is to target the…
August 17, 2021
EnLink Sees Oklahoma Declines Moderating as E&Ps Ramp Up, Permian Growth Continues
Dallas-based EnLink Midstream LLC expects declining flows on its Oklahoma facilities to “moderate significantly” in the near term as producer activity picks up amid improving oil and natural gas prices. COO Ben Lamb said on EnLink’s 2Q2021 earnings call that rig activity doubled on the company’s dedicated acreage in Oklahoma during the second quarter as…
August 15, 2021
Golar LNG Eyes Shipping Spin-Off as Upstream Emphasis Grows
Bermuda-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) specialist Golar LNG Ltd. may spin off its shipping unit amid a positive outlook for freight rates. CEO Karl Fredrik Staubo said recently strong demand in Asia, along with new International Maritime Organization decarbonization rules that would cut the number of active older LNG carriers starting in 2023, is likely…
August 13, 2021
Japan’s Draft Energy Plan Could Squeeze LNG Importers, but U.S. Suppliers ‘Still in the Game’ — LNG Spotlight
Japan’s latest efforts to decarbonize could leave the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector in the lurch as the nation looks to further reduce the share of fossil fuels in its energy mix by 2030. A draft plan unveiled by the government last month would see the nation reduce the share of fossil fuels in its…
August 11, 2021
Stabilis Targeting First Gulf Coast LNG Fueling Event for Later This Year
Small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier Stabilis Solutions Inc. expects its first marine fueling events on the Gulf Coast to happen later this year after recently adding several projects to its portfolio. CEO James Reddinger said last week the company is poised to benefit from expected growth in the bunkering sector as vessel owners move…
August 11, 2021
Mexico ECA LNG Development Advancing to 2024 Start Date
San Diego-based Sempra is advancing plans to expand the Energia Costa Azul (ECA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Mexico, CEO Jeffrey Martin said during a recent earnings call. Subsidiaries Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) late last year sanctioned the 3.25 million metric ton/year (mmty) ECA LNG Phase 1 liquefaction project. The…
August 10, 2021
Comstock Bullish on Bossier’s Potential, but Takes Hit on Hedging
Management at U.S. independent Comstock Resources Inc., which has made its name as a Haynesville Shale natural gas giant, is increasingly bullish on the Bossier formation as part of its strategy. Of the 21 wells the Frisco, TX-based company turned to sales in 2Q2021, only two were Bossier wells, management said during the second quarter…
August 10, 2021
Sempra CEO Says LNG Construction Costs Rising, while Tellurian Looking to Boost Haynesville Output
Rising construction costs are likely to give brownfield liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects an extra advantage over greenfield sites as planned developments move toward sanction, Sempra CEO Jeff Martin said Thursday. “Greenfield projects tend to have a little bit of a higher per-unit cost than brownfield projects, Martin said during the 2Q2021 earnings call. “This…
August 6, 2021