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Freeport LNG is now accepting more than 1 Bcf/d of feed gas, helping send total deliveries to U.S. export plants above 14 Bcf/d over the weekend for the first time ever. The Freeport terminal on the upper Texas coast has been ramping back up after federal regulators authorized partial service to resume at the facility…

European natural gas prices sank Monday, giving up last week’s gains as the March Title Transfer Facility (TTF) contract rolled off the board with the continent amply supplied as spring nears.  The March and April contracts finished below $15/MMBtu as the week got underway. European gas storage inventories are at about 62% of capacity, compared…

Venture Global LNG Inc. has inked a pair of long-term sales and purchase agreements for two of its developing export projects in Louisiana with China Gas Holdings Ltd. The company has agreed to supply China Gas with 2 million metric tons/year (mmty) of liquefied natural gas for 20 years starting in 2027. Terms of price…

While the early LNG market mostly developed in Asia and the Middle East, the super-chilled fuel was first commercialized in the United States and Europe.

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) and ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific have signed two long-term offtake agreements for MPL’s Saguaro Energía liquefied natural gas export terminal proposed for Puerto Libertad in Mexico’s Sonora State. Under the 20-year sales and purchase agreements (SPA), the ExxonMobil subsidiary would purchase a combined 2.0 million metric tons/year (mmty) of LNG…

Global natural gas prices were muted on Monday as Europe’s Title Transfer Facility (TTF) continued trading sideways, the Japan-Korea Marker (JKM) followed and prices in the United States remained at some of the lowest levels in years. Fundamentals are largely unchanged. TTF traded in a stable range at just under $20/MMBtu last week, but increased…

Natural gas is still expected to dominate the global energy mix and support decarbonization into the middle of the century despite recent market volatility, but the world’s current energy crunch could be accelerating LNG’s position as the trade of choice, according to researchers from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). In a recently published Global…

U.S. natural gas prices continued to slide Monday after hitting their lowest point since 2021 last week, following other global benchmarks lower during a warm winter. Henry Hub fell below $3/MMBtu last week for the first time since May 2021. The March contract closed at $2.677 on Monday. Warm weather, a strong rebound in U.S.…

The European natural gas market was unfazed by colder weather and weak deliveries from Russia and Norway on Monday, when prices dropped amid a broader outlook that remains largely unchanged. Lower temperatures in Northwest Europe are forecast this week, while freezing temperatures and a drop in wind power in the UK prompted the grid operator…