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Baker Hughes Co. has inked a deal to supply Tellurian Inc.’s Driftwood export terminal in Louisiana with liquefaction equipment, keeping the project on track to achieve first LNG in 2027 even though it hasn’t been sanctioned yet.  Baker Hughes would provide eight gas turbines, main refrigerant compressors and the control units needed for the first…

NextDecade Corp. has officially reached a final investment decision (FID) and given a notice to proceed on construction of the first phase of its Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) facility. The Houston-based company disclosed Wednesday afternoon that it had secured $18.4 billion for the 17.6 million metric ton/year (mmty) first phase, making it what the company…

Sempra on Monday gave the green light to the first phase of the $13 billion Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas, announcing a positive final investment decision (FID) for the facility and closing the necessary financing to move ahead. The company said it also issued a final notice to proceed with the project to…

As U.S. LNG producers continue to progress a bevy of Gulf Coast export projects to meet global demand for natural gas volumes, Bechtel Energy President Paul Marsden said the engineering firm is focusing on innovative solutions for the region’s ballooning labor issues during the next wave of infrastructure build-out. Over the past few decades, Virginia-based…

Sempra Infrastructure has formalized an agreement with ConocoPhillips, giving the independent 5 million metric tons/year (mmty) of offtake and a 30% stake in its planned Texas export project east of Houston. The subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra disclosed Tuesday that it executed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with ConocoPhillips for supply from Port…

Riding the wave of strong U.S. natural gas demand and project development milestones, Sempra management reported it is now targeting a final investment decision (FID) for its Port Arthur LNG project during 1Q2023 and is currently marketing its proposed expansion. San Diego-based Sempra’s liquefied natural gas subsidiary, Sempra Infrastructure, has been developing the project southeast…

Cheniere Energy Inc. said Monday it has completed commissioning the sixth train at its Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Louisiana, boosting the facility’s production capacity to 30 million metric tons/year (mmty).  CEO Jack Fusco said the 5 mmty liquefaction train was completed ahead of schedule and on budget five months after feed…

Bechtel Corp. has been recruited as a candidate to build the delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. Project sponsor Pieridae Energy Ltd. said Wednesday that Bechtel accepted an assignment to review the eight-year-old export proposal and present an execution plan by March 31. The agreement also requests…

A lawsuit between Cheniere Energy Inc. and Tellurian Inc. has been dismissed by a Texas district court. A $400 million counterclaim by Cheniere’s one-time business partner Parallax Enterprises LLC also was dismissed, days before a trial was set to begin in Harris County District Court in Houston.*