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Chesapeake Energy Corp. has signed its first binding agreement to buy LNG as it advances a strategy unveiled two years ago to gain exposure to the international gas market. The company said it has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to buy 0.5 million metric tons/year (mmty) of the super-chilled fuel from the proposed…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said its temporary pause on new LNG export authorizations would not affect pending extension requests for projects’ existing export licenses. “To be clear, this pause does not affect that process,” DOE Deputy Secretary David M. Turk said during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday. The…

Delfin Midstream Inc. has signed another agreement to supply LNG from its proposed floating liquefaction project offshore Louisiana, in what management said is another step closer to a positive final investment decision (FID).  The company signed a 15-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to supply 0.5-1 million metric tons/year (mmty) of liquefied natural gas to…

Delfin Midstream Inc. said this week it has signed a deal for Wison Offshore & Marine to design and engineer floating LNG (FLNG) vessels for the export projects it’s developing across North America. Delfin is developing a deepwater port offshore Louisiana for four FLNG vessels and has partnered with the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline…

European natural gas prices ticked up again on Monday despite healthy storage on the continent and an apparent lull in Asia, hinting at anxiety over falling LNG imports. Upward movement in European prices was previously expected to be limited for the rest of July after several key gas facilities in Norway wrapped up heavy maintenance…

Delfin Midstream Inc. has finalized a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Centrica plc as it aims to make a final investment decision (FID) on the first phase of its Louisiana floating LNG export project later this year. UK-based energy firm Centrica has agreed to take 1 million metric ton/year (mmty) for 15 years on…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Sempra Infrastructure is looking to ramp-up construction at the Port Arthur LNG site in Texas, according to a recently published filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The firm requested authorization for up to 6,000 people on site 24 hours a day as it progresses…

Delfin Midstream Inc. has finalized an investment agreement with shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) for its Delfin LNG export project ahead of a possible final investment decision (FID) later this year. Delfin disclosed MOL has agreed to take an undisclosed stake in the proposed Louisiana offshore liquefied natural gas project and will be…

Delfin Midstream Inc. on Monday announced another binding agreement to sell LNG to an affiliate of commodity trader Hartree Partners LP and said it expects to sanction its floating offshore production facility in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by the middle of the year. Under the sales and purchase agreement (SPA), Delfin would sell 0.6…