Jacob Dick

TotalEnergies and its partners are moving forward with the front-end engineering and design process for a potential 4 million metric tons/year (mmty) expansion at the PNG LNG facility in Papua New Guinea. After completing feasibility studies for the project, TotalEnergies disclosed Tuesday that they were progressing plans to build an additional four trains at the…

As energy buyers and governments across the world try to balance climate goals and energy security during a period of high volatility, Bechtel Corp. CEO Brendan Bechtel said the growth of the LNG industry should serve as a model for how energy infrastructure investments can tackle multiple challenges at once. Virginia-based Bechtel has secured contracts…

Sempra Infrastructure’s construction of a Mexico LNG terminal is on track as it furthers partnerships in the country, but future Pacific Coast export expansions may take a backseat to its Gulf Coast projects. The first phase of Energia Costa Azul (ECA) LNG in Baja California should be completed in the summer of 2025, Sempra Infrastructure…

As Eni SpA shifts its focus from enduring the loss of Russian natural gas to solidifying long-term energy supply for Europe, management sees a corridor through Africa and the Mediterranean – and its pipeline of exploration projects – unlocking energy security for the continent. CEO Claudio Descalzi told analysts during a call last week that…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipates that price volatility and intense competition over LNG volumes could heat up again this year despite months of falling prices, but the outlook is still “highly uncertain,” especially when it comes to Chinese demand. Europe’s rush to fill winter storage and replace Russian pipeline flows last year with pricey…

With its backlog of developing LNG terminal projects hitting successive milestones over the past year, Sempra Infrastructure is poised to make two final investment decisions (FID) this year while gauging interest for the next phase of its Texas project. The infrastructure and liquefied natural gas arm of San Diego-based Sempra previously disclosed last year that…

LNG vessel and floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) operator Excelerate Energy Inc. is wading into offering fuel trading with a long-term agreement for offtake from Venture Global Inc.’s Plaquemines LNG. Texas-based Excelerate has inked a 20-year, 0.7 million metric ton/year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for delivery on a free-on-board basis. Plaquemines LNG was…

A unit of Germany’s Uniper SE has secured a supply agreement for LNG made with renewable natural gas (RNG) for its heavy vehicle fueling network, calling imports of the super-chilled fuel “no longer competitive” for decarbonizing the transportation industry. German firm Revis Bioenergy GmbH plans to begin supplying Uniper’s Liqvis GmbH later this year with…

BP plc and its partners in the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas field are evaluating a second phase expansion for the floating LNG production project offshore West Africa as first phase construction progresses. BP, Kosmos Energy Ltd., Senegal’s Petrosen and Mauritania’s Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures have agreed to evaluate a 2.5-3 million metric ton/year…