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…
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Bechtel Adapting to Workforce Shortage While Tackling Bevy of LNG Projects in Tight Labor Market
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…

ConocoPhillips Lands 5 MMty of Offtake, 30% Port Arthur LNG Stake in Sempra Agreement
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…

Sempra Aims for Port Arthur LNG FID Early Next Year as Offtaker Interest Grows
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 Completes Train 6 Expansion at Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal
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…
Pieridae, Bechtel in Talks Over Nova Scotia LNG Export Project
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…

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Lawsuit Between LNG Rivals Cheniere, Tellurian Dismissed Ahead of Trial
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.*

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Lawsuit Between LNG Rivals Cheniere, Tellurian Dismissed Ahead of Trial
A lawsuit between Cheniere Energy Inc. and Tellurian Inc. has been dismissed by a Texas district court. A $400 million counterclaim by Chenieres 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.*

NGPL Seeks Swift FERC Action to Expand Sabine Pass LNG Service
The owners of a major natural gas pipeline traversing the Gulf Coast are urging federal regulators to approve a plan to use unsubscribed capacity and a new compressor station to provide nearly 0.5 Bcf/d of additional firm transportation service to accommodate liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
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Cheniere Achieves First Production at Corpus Christi Train 2
Cheniere Energy Inc. continues to dominate the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market, completing the first commissioning cargo from the second train at the Corpus Christi LNG terminal in South Texas.