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.
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Granholm Says ‘Temporary’ While LNG Developers Hear ‘Pause’
While political opposition and market uncertainty continue to mount around the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) pause of LNG export authorizations, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm reassured energy leaders the action was a necessary, but temporary step to better policy making. During a keynote address Monday in Houston during CERAWeek by S&P Global, Granholm rolled…
Tellurian Considers Company Sale, Other Driftwood LNG Options as Strategic Shift Continues
As Tellurian Inc. continues to reorganize its management team, it’s expanding the purview of its financial consultant to include selling equity in its LNG export project, or the entire company. Houston-based Tellurian, which is developing the proposed Driftwood liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, has undergone a series of major personnel and strategy changes since…
Elba Island LNG Secures Positive Environmental Assessment from FERC
Federal regulators have found that Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) and its partners in Elba Island LNG could proceed with a 0.4 million metric tons/year (mmty) expansion project without significant environmental impact. Elba Liquefaction Co. LLC, a joint venture between KMI, Blackstone Credit and an undisclosed third party, filed a request with FERC last October to…
NextDecade Looks to Ink Contract with Bechtel for Rio Grande LNG Expansion by July
As NextDecade Corp. progresses construction on the first three trains for its Rio Grande LNG project in Texas, it is working to firm up contracts for its second phase by the middle of the year. Houston-based NextDecade last year broke ground in Brownsville, TX, on the first three trains of the facility, which could add…
Golden Pass, Delfin Take Final Capacity for Kinder Morgan’s Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project
Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) Texas-Louisiana Expansion project, aimed at bringing additional natural gas supply to the Gulf Coast, is now fully subscribed after two LNG exporters signed on as customers. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL), a KMI subsidiary, told FERC in a recent filing it has inked agreements to supply the Golden…
Delfin Midstream Requests DOE Extension to 2029 for Gulf of Mexico LNG Project
Delfin Midstream Inc. is seeking an additional five years to complete its LNG export project offshore Louisiana, marking one of the first tests of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) stance on extensions since last year. For more than a decade, Houston-based Delfin has been developing a proposed export project offshore Louisiana that would use four…
Tellurian Looks to Start Major Driftwood LNG Construction By Year’s End
Tellurian Inc. has made another executive leadership change, this time choosing to part ways with its CEO, as it tries to fast track development of its Driftwood LNG project. The Houston-based company has been awash in personnel and strategy shifts since December, when its board of directors moved to dismiss co-founder and executive chairman Charif…
Commonwealth LNG Pushes Potential FID into 2025 as DOE Pause Adds Uncertainty
A final investment decision (FID) for Commonwealth LNG will have to wait until next year, or even later, as Gulf Coast export project developers continue to adapt to the fallout of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indefinite authorization pause. Commonwealth LNG LLC, currently developing a self-named export facility near Cameron, LA, was previously expected to…
Altamira LNG Could Ship First U.S. Natural Gas Cargo from Mexico in April
New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) anticipates its offshore Altamira Floating LNG unit could become the first operating Mexican export facility in the coming weeks. After delays that stretched the commissioning process, CEO Wes Edens told analysts during a fourth quarter call that the first volumes of liquefied natural gas were expected to be produced in…
Woodside Lands Additional Scarborough Customer with Kogas Supply Agreement
As its work on the Scarborough LNG project progresses, Woodside Energy Group Ltd. has netted another major Asian customer for the expansion, this time signing on the world’s largest single importers of liquefied natural gas. Woodside has inked an agreement with Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) to supply 0.5 million metric tons/year (mmty) of LNG on…