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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Sempra, Entergy Plan Renewables for Cameron LNG
Liquified natural gas (LNG) produced at Cameron LNG could have a deep cut in its carbon footprint after Sempra Infrastructure secured a deal for renewable energy at Louisiana facilities. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with utility Entergy Louisiana LLC to develop and procure renewable energy to help power the 12 million metric…
January 31, 2022
Woodside, Santos Set Sales Records on Strong Year-End LNG Prices
Stronger commodity prices and sizable mergers helped two of Asia’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and Santos Ltd., end 2021 with ballooning sales revenues. Both Australian companies built on the momentum of a stronger than expected 2020 by capitalizing on the market fluctuations of 2021, cashing in big at the end…
January 28, 2022
Are U.S. LNG Exports Leading to Higher Prices? Yes, Say Consumer Advocates
Framed around projections that U.S. consumers could be hit with higher heating bills this year, advocacy groups are renewing the message that expanding U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are part of the problem. The nonprofit Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) is highlighting natural gas price fluctuations from last year in a…
January 26, 2022
Sempra Amends Cameron LNG Plans to Reduce Emissions, Improve Efficiency
Sempra has officially filed an amendment with FERC to change the scope of its Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project in Hackberry, Louisiana. The newly filed amendment, No. CP22-41, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission makes good on plans executives with Sempra – formally Sempra Energy– have been outlining since last summer. In a…
January 25, 2022
PG&E Flows First Biomethane Into Natural Gas Transmission System
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has begun flowing its first pipeline-ready biomethane into its natural gas transmission system, marking the latest step forward in California’s bid to make renewable natural gas (RNG) less expensive and easier to access. Deliveries of biomethane through a third-party pipeline began in December from Maas Energy Works’ facility in…
January 25, 2022
Natural Gas Flows to Calcasieu Pass LNG Reach New Highs
Venture Global Inc.’s Calcasieu Pass liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, LA, has seen flows balloon to new highs as it continues to inch toward a predicted start-up this year. NGI’s U.S. LNG Export Flow Tracker showed feed gas deliveries on Friday were nominated at 87.28 MMcf. Flows through the TransCameron Pipeline have…
January 24, 2022
EPA Petitioned to Deny Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG Operating Permit
The Sierra Club has filed a petition on behalf of a coalition of Louisiana environmental groups requesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deny Tellurian Inc.’s Title V operating permit request for the proposed Driftwood liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal. In the petition filed last week, the Sierra Club argued that the company’s permit for the…
January 24, 2022
Commonwealth LNG Signs HOA to Potentially Supply Australia’s Woodside
Commonwealth Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) to negotiate the future purchase of 2.0 million metric tons/year (mmty) of LNG by Woodside Energy Trading Singapore Pte Ltd. from its proposed terminal near Cameron, Louisiana. Australia’s Woodside could secure a contract for 20 years of the project’s lifespan if it follows…
January 20, 2022
Freeport LNG Reports Outage Impacting Feed Gas Demand
Feed gas demand was disrupted at the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Texas last week after the facility reported an outage to state regulators. The LNG terminal east of Houston, on Quintana Island near Freeport, experienced an outage at the Train 1 liquefaction unit last week. The outage led to a cooldown and…
January 18, 2022
Senate Votes Against Nord Stream 2 Sanctions as Political Tensions and European Prices Continue to Rise
Russian aggression toward Ukraine continued to stress European alliances and global natural gas prices Friday following the defeat of sanctions for the 5.3 Bcf/d Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline in the Senate. The sanctions – brought by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Thursday night as part of a deal with Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New…
January 14, 2022