Corpus Christi LNG

Equinor Signs Deal to Buy More LNG From Cheniere, Grow Global Portfolio

Equinor Signs Deal to Buy More LNG From Cheniere, Grow Global Portfolio

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…

June 21, 2023
Cheniere’s Midship Ordered to Compensate Oklahoma Landowners for 1.1 Bcf/d Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

Cheniere’s Midship Ordered to Compensate Oklahoma Landowners for 1.1 Bcf/d Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

A federal court in Oklahoma has ordered Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Midship Pipeline Co. LLC to pay landowners nearly $170,000 plus interest for the use of private land during the pipeline’s construction.  The pipeline started flowing up to 1.1 Bcf/d of natural gas in April 2020. However, area landowners in August 2021 said pipeline construction had…

June 5, 2023
U.S. LNG Export Race Seen Slowing as Market Enters New Era

U.S. LNG Export Race Seen Slowing as Market Enters New Era

Russia’s war in Ukraine has helped propel the next wave of U.S. LNG projects, putting the country on track to export 22.3 Bcf/d of the super-chilled fuel this decade. Since last year, the Corpus Christ Stage 3 expansion, Plaquemines and Port Arthur liquefied natural gas projects have all been sanctioned. Along with Golden Pass LNG,…

May 10, 2023
Investment Boom Nears as U.S. LNG Projects Race Toward FID

Investment Boom Nears as U.S. LNG Projects Race Toward FID

Multiple U.S. LNG export projects could reach a final investment decision (FID) this year after a record stretch of supply contracting activity in 2022 that accelerated after war broke out in Ukraine. In the year since Russia’s invasion, U.S. liquefied natural gas projects have signed over 30 sale and purchase agreements (SPA) with buyers looking…

February 10, 2023
Cheniere Energy Again Hit by Volatile LNG Prices Despite Record Output

Cheniere Energy Again Hit by Volatile LNG Prices Despite Record Output

Cheniere Energy Inc. continues to deliver increasing volumes of LNG and said Thursday its production hit a record last week, but the company reported a steep third quarter loss related to the purchase of feed gas at prices linked to international benchmarks. CEO Jack Fusco said liquefied natural gas output at the company’s terminals in…

November 3, 2022
Woodside Diversifying Portfolio, Growing European Exposure with U.S. LNG

Woodside Diversifying Portfolio, Growing European Exposure with U.S. LNG

While Woodside Energy Group Ltd. is pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar natural gas development projects to secure the future of its Australian assets, it made moves in the third quarter to grow its exposure to European markets with help from some added U.S. LNG. The third quarter was Woodside’s first full earnings period since it…

October 26, 2022
Whistler Expanding Permian Pipe to Move 1.7 Bcf/d-Plus to Cheniere’s Corpus LNG Facility

Whistler Expanding Permian Pipe to Move 1.7 Bcf/d-Plus to Cheniere’s Corpus LNG Facility

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…

September 19, 2022
Corpus Christi LNG Expansion Approval Challenged

Corpus Christi LNG Expansion Approval Challenged

Environmental groups are challenging FERC’s approval to extend construction for Cheniere Energy Inc.’s third expansion of the Corpus Christi LNG terminal in South Texas as the battle over natural gas infrastructure projects continues. The Sierra Club and Public Citizen filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Nos. CP18-512…

September 9, 2022
Chart Industries Anticipates More Large-Scale LNG, FLNG Projects

Chart Industries Anticipates More Large-Scale LNG, FLNG Projects

Chart Industries Inc. expects more LNG terminal customers to sanction large-scale and modular projects in the near term, increasing its already sizable list of orders, as exporters rush to meet skyrocketing demand for natural gas. Ball Ground, GA-based Chart reported to investors last week it broke records across the board during the second quarter, recording…

August 1, 2022
Cheniere Previews Future Corpus Christi LNG Growth with 1.8 MMty PetroChina SPA

Cheniere Previews Future Corpus Christi LNG Growth with 1.8 MMty PetroChina SPA

Cheniere Energy Inc. announced it has inked an additional long-term LNG offtake contract with PetroChina Co. Ltd., building on its supply agreement hot streak and teasing its next generation of projects. Houston-based Cheniere has signed a 1.8 million metric ton/year (mmty) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with existing customer, PetroChina. According to the SPA, liquefied…

July 20, 2022