Commissioning

Venture Global LNG Inc. on Thursday requested FERC authorization to load the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export cargo from its Calcasieu Pass terminal in Louisiana as early as February 9. The company filed its request a day after revealing in a status report submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it produced first…

Dominion Cove Point (DCP) has asked the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to begin exporting commissioning cargos from its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, MD.

April natural gas is set to open 4 cents higher Tuesday morning at $1.86. as traders see a market recovering from oversold conditions and fundamentals providing little reason for prices to continue higher. Overnight oil markets fell.

Cheniere Energy Inc. Thursday was granted FERC authorization to begin introducing fuel gas into the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal’s second train [CP11-72]. In a note published Friday, Genscape said it expected to see commissioning activities starting for Train 2 in the coming days. Commissioning “…will occur over the next several months as they perform their requirements before they introduce refrigerants and begin liquefaction,” Genscape said. Following technical delays, Sabine Pass recently sent out its first cargo, bound for Brazil, making it the first terminal to export U.S.-sourced LNG from the Lower 48 states (see Daily GPI,Feb. 24).

Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana is creeping closer to sending out its first cargo, according to Genscape Inc., which has been monitoring commissioning and gas delivery activity at the project. “Since commissioning began last Oct. 1 2015, Sabine has received a total of 4.55 Bcf in commissioning gas from the Creole Trail and NGPL pipelines,” Genscape said in note Tuesday. “It has also boiled off 1.92 Bcf from its regasification side that was cycled back as some of this commissioning gas. All of this gas delivered to the facility has been either flared or used to run the compressors in commissioning.” More recently, a receipt location on Creole Trail, “Sabine Pass LNG,” which was representative of the boil off gas has flipped and is now delivering small feed gas volumes (about 8 MMcf/d) to Sabine, according to Genscape, which also said in its note that first liquefaction is likely to “soon take place.” The terminal was to have sent out its first cargo earlier this year, but that was delayed by technical difficulties at the facility (see Daily GPI,Jan. 14).

CIG said it had completed repairs to the Totem Storage Field dehydration facility and would complete commissioning operations there Sunday (March 7). The associated force majeure will be terminated Monday, CIG said, and a restoration of full withdrawal operations will be implemented then.

CIG said it had completed repairs to the Totem Storage Field dehydration facility and would complete commissioning operations there Sunday (March 7). The associated force majeure will be terminated Monday, CIG said, and a restoration of full withdrawal operations will be implemented then.

Construction of Regency Energy Partners LP’s Haynesville Expansion Project is complete and the 121-mile line is undergoing testing and commissioning, Regency said last week. The project will transport gas from the Haynesville Shale, one of the fastest growing U.S. gas fields.

Construction of Regency Energy Partners LP’s Haynesville Expansion Project is complete and the 121-mile line is undergoing testing and commissioning, Regency said Tuesday. The project will transport gas from the Haynesville Shale, one of the fastest growing U.S. gas fields.