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The Port of Corpus Christi in South Texas moved a record amount of tonnage last year, driven primarily by higher crude oil and LNG shipments. Goods jumped 8.1% year/year to 203 million tons (Mt). The port said crude oil exports were the biggest factor, which jumped 12.5% to 126.1 Mt. A record volume of 16.3…

Arc Resources Ltd., one of Canada’s largest natural gas producers, said Wednesday it would send more volumes to Cheniere Energy Inc. for liquefaction and delivery to Europe. Under a gas supply agreement (GSA) signed with Cheniere, Calgary-based Arc said it would send 140,000 MMBtu/d to the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage 5 project in Louisiana for…

LNG buyers are signing long-term supply contracts at an unprecedented clip, and those contracts are increasingly being linked to U.S. natural gas benchmarks such as Henry Hub, according to NGI Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin. Last year “was a record year” for the signing of these contracts, Cocklin said during a joint webinar with experts…

As global natural gas supply settles into a fragile balance, Cheniere Energy Inc. is pushing ahead its next generation of LNG projects with the expectation it may be able to deliver the third stage of the Corpus Christi facility in Texas sooner than expected. Executives of the Houston-based liquefied natural gas exporter reported during the…

Cheniere Energy Inc. has inked a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with chemical giant BASF SE as it continues commercializing the next proposed expansion of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal. BASF agreed to buy 0.8 million metric tons/year (mmty) for at least 17 years on a free-on-board basis, plus a fixed liquefaction fee. Initial deliveries…

Cheniere Energy Inc. said Wednesday it has secured another customer to support a major expansion at its Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana.  Cheniere Marketing LLC entered a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to provide Equinor ASA 1.75 million metric tons/year (mmty) of the super-chilled fuel for a term of 15 years. Equinor would…

Cheniere Energy Inc. said Tuesday that it has already signed an agreement to supply LNG from a massive expansion of its Sabine Pass liquefaction (SPL) terminal in Louisiana just two months after it kicked off the federal permitting process.  CEO Jack Fusco told analysts during a call to discuss the company’s first quarter results that…

Cheniere Energy Inc. has begun measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at its two Gulf Coast LNG export terminals to demonstrate its progress to export “cleaner” natural gas. The Houston-based liquefied natural gas exporter has joined the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0. Cheniere has also initiated the quantify, monitor,…

Whistler Pipeline LLC, which transports up to 2 Bcf/d of natural gas from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Aqua Dulce hub in South Texas, has inked an agreement to expand the system to Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Corpus Christi LNG facility. The ADCC Pipeline joint venture (JV) calls for building a 43-mile, 42-inch…