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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Santos Sees LNG Sales Drop After Darwin Selldown; Overall Revenue Hits Record on Stronger Pricing
Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Santos Ltd. saw sales volumes and revenue from the super-chilled fuel drop in 2Q2021 following the sale of a chunk of its ownership in the Darwin LNG plant in the northern part of the country. Santos said Thursday it logged 1.04 million metric tons (mmt) in LNG sales volumes…
July 23, 2021
Woodside Inks Trucked LNG SPAs to Power Australian Mining Industry, On Track for Pluto Expansion FID
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has entered a trio of sale and purchase agreements (SPA) to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from its Pluto facility via truck to power Western Australia’s remote mining industry. Woodside said last week it and joint venture partner EDL had inked a 10-year SPA with miner Strandline Resources Ltd. to supply…
July 21, 2021
Oil Search Rejects Santos’ Bid to Create $16B ‘Unrivaled Champion of Size and Scale’
Oil Search Ltd., which has operations in Alaska and Papua New Guinea, has rejected a takeover bid by Australian independent Santos Ltd. that valued the combined entity at A$22 billion ($16.11 billion). The deal would have given Santos a foothold in the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas (LNG) scene, considered some of the lowest-cost…
July 20, 2021
Western LNG, Nisga’a Nation Partner with Canadian Natural Gas Producers on BC Export Project
A consortium of Canadian natural gas producers is teaming up with the Nisga’a Nation and Houston-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Western LNG LLC on plans for another export project in British Columbia (BC). The consortium known as Rockies LNG Partners, along with the other proponents, announced Monday the initial project description for the Ksi…
July 19, 2021
Kinder Morgan Splashes Out $310M for RNG, Small-Scale LNG Player Kinetrex
Kinder Morgan Inc. is looking to make a bigger splash in the energy transition space with the $310 million acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) player. Indianapolis-based Kinetrex claims to be the largest supplier of LNG in the Midwest with two LNG production facilities in Indianapolis.…
July 16, 2021
U.S. OFS Jobs Tracking Higher with Texas Topping Growth
Monthly employment in the oilfield services (OFS) sector surpassed 2020 levels for the first time in June, but remained well below pre-coronavirus figures logged in 2019, according to the preliminary figures from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. Overall, the Houston-based organization said 8,002 jobs were added in June, marking a 1.3% increase over May…
July 16, 2021
Natural Gas Export Market Searching for Stability in the ‘Wild West’ of Carbon-Neutral Trading — LNG Spotlight
The nascent carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is set to gain momentum this year as global buyers are increasingly concerned about their emissions footprints. The market is on track to quadruple this year, according to a recent report from FTI Consulting. The firm has tracked six carbon-neutral cargoes through April, compared to only five…
July 15, 2021
Europe Boosts Targets for Renewables, Lower Carbon Fuels in GHG Reduction Plan
The European Commission has increased a proposed target for renewable energy development to help achieve a goal of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030 by 55% over 1990 levels. The commission’s proposal calls for renewables to make up 40% of the European Union (EU) energy mix by 2030, compared to a previous target of…
July 14, 2021
TotalEnergies Strikes $750M Tolling Fee Deal with GIP at Australia’s Gladstone LNG
French supermajor TotalEnergies SE has inked a $750 million tolling fee agreement with infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) related to the downstream facilities at the Gladstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia. Under the terms of the deal, GIP is to receive a throughput-based tolling fee calculated on TotalEnergies’ share of gas processed…
July 14, 2021
Ranger Further Expands Wireline Footprint with PerfX Acquisition
Ranger Energy Services Inc. has further boosted its wireline presence in the Lower 48 following the acquisition of PerfX Wireline Services, its second takeover since May. The Houston-based oilfield services company said last week it had acquired Minot, ND-based PerfX in an all-stock deal. The deal follows the acquisition of Patriot Completions Solutions LLC in…
July 12, 2021