Jacob Dick

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Adnoc has inked its first tentative agreement for a proposed low-carbon LNG terminal with one of China’s largest private energy groups. A unit of ENN Energy Ltd. inked a heads of agreement for 1 million metric ton/year (mmty) in offtake from the Ruwais liquefied natural gas project planned in the…

Environmental groups are continuing to pressure LNG export facility and pipeline developers through federal appeals courts as lawsuits seeking to repeal authorizations stack up. In the latest of a series of filings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Healthy Gulf and the Sierra Club requested FERC’s approval of two…

While a stream of LNG cargoes is largely helping Europe maintain its tight natural gas supply balance, the region’s largest gas user, Germany, is increasing its reliance on Norwegian pipeline flows to fuel its industry until an alternative fuel market emerges. Norway’s Equinor ASA has signed a letter of intent to supply German industrial gas…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has delivered a final environmental assessment for New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) offshore Altamira LNG project as the firm awaits delivery of a component that could allow it to begin exporting U.S. natural gas from Mexico’s eastern coast. NFE previously requested to re-export 145 Bcf/year, or 400 MMcf/d, from…

Pembina Pipeline Corp. disclosed that a possible final investment decision (FID) for its Cedar LNG project on the British Columbia (BC) coast could slip to early next year as the project partners hammer out final details for its construction and tolling agreements. In its recently released 2024 guidance, the company said it expects to make…

Pipeline flows of natural gas from Norway have helped the European Union maintain a tight supply balance, along with demand cuts and record LNG imports, but the country’s oil and gas authority reports that most of the discovered reserves remain untapped. In an updated survey of the natural gas discoveries, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)…

Charif Souki, Tellurian Inc. co-founder and one of the architects of the U.S. LNG export industry, has been replaced as the executive chairman of his latest firm established to build the Driftwood LNG project. Houston-based Tellurian disclosed that the company’s other co-founder, Martin Houston, had been tapped to take over as chairman of the board…

Some of Japan’s largest LNG players are voicing concern about the timeline of FERC’s authorization decision on Venture Global Inc.’s Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG project as they try to balance the country’s long-term natural gas supply outlook. The CEOs of Inpex Corp. and Jera. Co. Inc. have penned letters to the Federal Energy Regulatory…

Woodside is further diversifying its LNG portfolio with more U.S.-sourced gas from a new supply agreement with Mexico Pacific Ltd. (MPL), tallying another major offtaker for the proposed Mexican terminal. Woodside has inked a 20-year, 1.3 million metric ton/year (mmty) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for offtake from the Saguaro Energia LNG terminal on a…