Jamison Cocklin

Mexico Pacific Ltd. LLC (MPL) has signed another long-term agreement to sell an ExxonMobil affiliate more LNG from MPL’s Saguaro Energia export project under development on the country’s west coast.  MPL said Tuesday it would sell 1.2 million metric tons/year (mmty) of the super-chilled fuel from Saguaro’s third liquefaction train to ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific…

Growing environmental opposition and political headwinds could combine to be one of this year’s biggest challenges for U.S. LNG projects working to advance. International environmental organizations, along with grassroots groups, social media influencers and some Democrats, are stepping up their efforts to stop the expansion of U.S. gas exports that’s accelerated in recent years.  The…

Energy majors and commodities traders are playing an outsized role in supporting a global LNG export buildout that ultimately could saturate the market with the super-chilled fuel later this decade, bring prices down and stoke future demand. About 150 million metric tons/year (mmty) of additional liquefaction capacity is under construction across North America and in…

A bitter cold snap gripping much of Europe wasn’t enough Monday to sustain a three-day rally in natural gas prices there as strong imports have kept the continent well supplied.  Title Transfer Facility prices fell across the curve Monday, when the prompt month closed 9% lower to finish near $10/MMBtu. Prices jumped last week ahead…

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit western Japan continued to have little impact on the country’s natural gas demand and Asian natural gas prices on Wednesday. Two coal-fired power plants were closed and some gas-fired generation had been reduced in the Noto region after the quake hit Monday. The Naoetsu LNG import facility was briefly shut…

Eni SpA said Thursday that it has introduced natural gas to the Republic of Congo’s first LNG project.  Eni said it introduced first gas to the Tango floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility offshore of the central African country just a year after a final investment decision was reached on Congo LNG. The project utilizes…

Eight pipeline projects continue to advance in Texas and Louisiana to feed five LNG export projects that are currently under construction along the Gulf Coast.  The pipelines have all been approved and some are under construction. They would add more than 20 Bcf/d of capacity to feed liquefaction trains coming online through the end of…

Foreign stakeholders have reportedly withdrawn from PAO Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project due to sanctions imposed against the facility by the United States, jeopardizing Russia’s efforts to significantly boost its liquefied natural gas trade. Kommersant cited unnamed sources who told the Russian newspaper that China National Petroleum Corp., China National Offshore Oil Corp.,TotalEnergies SE and…

Uniper SE has joined other energy companies, including BP plc and Equinor ASA, in avoiding the Red Sea for LNG shipments amid escalating tensions in the region. Iran-backed Houthi rebels are launching attacks on commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea.