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Jacob Dick

Jacob Dick joined the NGI staff in January 2022 and was promoted to Senior Editor, LNG in February 2024. He previously covered business with a focus on oil and gas in Southeast Texas for the Beaumont Enterprise, a Hearst newspaper. Jacob is a native of Kentucky and holds a bachelor’s Degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University.

Woodside Diversifying Portfolio, Growing European Exposure with U.S. LNG

Woodside Diversifying Portfolio, Growing European Exposure with U.S. LNG

While Woodside Energy Group Ltd. is pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar natural gas development projects to secure the future of its Australian assets, it made moves in the third quarter to grow its exposure to European markets with help from some added U.S. LNG. The third quarter was Woodside’s first full earnings period since it…

October 26, 2022
France, Portugal, Spain Ditch MidCat Natural Gas Expansion for Subsea ‘Green Energy Corridor’

France, Portugal, Spain Ditch MidCat Natural Gas Expansion for Subsea ‘Green Energy Corridor’

France, Portugal and Spain have agreed to plan new energy connections between the three countries, not through an expansion of the Midi-Catalonia natural gas project – or MidCat – but through a “green energy corridor,” the countries’ leaders said in a joint statement. Ahead of the European Commission’s Thursday meeting on energy price policies in…

October 25, 2022
LNG Vessels Floating Offshore Europe Multiplying as Customers Stash Natural Gas Before Winter

LNG Vessels Floating Offshore Europe Multiplying as Customers Stash Natural Gas Before Winter

An unprecedented number of LNG vessels are floating offshore Europe as regasification terminal congestion and whipsawing prices further complicate the supply situation. At least 22 ships loaded with liquefied natural gas had been moored on Wednesday for more than five days around European regasification hubs, according to data from Kpler. The majority of the ships…

October 20, 2022
Williams Exec Says More Industry-Led Certified Natural Gas Initiatives Needed to Build ‘Common Currency’

Williams Exec Says More Industry-Led Certified Natural Gas Initiatives Needed to Build ‘Common Currency’

U.S. industries will need more independently certified natural gas to reach climate targets, Williams’ Brian Vogt, director of new energy ventures, said, but first, companies have to build trust in low-carbon fuels. Vogt said a lack of transparency and established measures in the certified natural gas space have left investors and international LNG buyers skeptical…

October 20, 2022
Japan, China Move to Conserve Natural Gas as LNG Price Volatility Rises

Japan, China Move to Conserve Natural Gas as LNG Price Volatility Rises

Asian countries that typically buy massive volumes of LNG are moving to build contingencies for procuring expensive cargoes and reserving excess volumes as risks of colder winter weather and continued competition with Europe sustain market volatility. Asian natural gas prices have been steadily descending for more than a week, following the Dutch Title Transfer Facility…

October 19, 2022
Energy Transition to Bring More Volatility, Opportunity for Natural Gas Firms, BP’s Alvarez Says

Energy Transition to Bring More Volatility, Opportunity for Natural Gas Firms, BP’s Alvarez Says

BP plc’s Orlando Alvarez, head of gas and power trading in the Americas, sees natural gas and other energy markets heading further into “unprecedented times” of market volatility and regulatory uncertainty, but those changes don’t all have to be challenges for the industry. During a keynote address at LDC Gas Forums’ Gulf Coast Energy Forum…

October 19, 2022
European Natural Gas Prices Drop to Three-Month Low Despite Russian Supply Threats

European Natural Gas Prices Drop to Three-Month Low Despite Russian Supply Threats

European natural gas prices continued declining Monday to the lowest point in three months on mild weather forecasts and reports of heightened storage, despite threats from Russia of a complete end to pipeline exports. After a brief mid-week jump last Wednesday (Oct. 12), natural gas linked to the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) benchmark continued…

October 17, 2022
FERC Approves Extension for Freeport LNG’s Fourth Train Expansion Project

FERC Approves Extension for Freeport LNG’s Fourth Train Expansion Project

Freeport LNG Development LP now has until August 2028 to complete the fourth train at its export facility on the Upper Texas coast after FERC granted an authorization extension for its expansion project. In an order published Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreed that the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting supply chain issues had severely…

October 14, 2022
U.S. LNG Export Development Opens Door to Hydrogen, Sempra’s Brouillette Says

U.S. LNG Export Development Opens Door to Hydrogen, Sempra’s Brouillette Says

As Sempra Infrastructure continues to progress its LNG export terminal projects on the Gulf Coast and in Mexico, President Dan Brouillette said demand for natural gas is also helping influence the investments in alternative fuels.  The subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra and Avangrid Inc. disclosed a potential partnership on Wednesday to explore multiple projects to…

October 14, 2022
European Demand for Russian Natural Gas, Oil Continues to Drive Revenues

European Demand for Russian Natural Gas, Oil Continues to Drive Revenues

Despite a massive throttling of pipeline natural gas to Europe after Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, European Union (EU) members in September still led the world in Russian oil and natural gas imports, according to a new report. Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, EU members have imported around $97 billion in Russian…

October 12, 2022