Citing the U.S. domestic natural gas boom fueled by shale plays, San Diego-based Sempra Energy executives said last Thursday the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit will soon file with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for an export permit at the Sempra LNG import terminal at Cameron, LA.
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Sempra to File for Cameron LNG Export OK
Citing the U.S. domestic natural gas boom fueled by shale plays, San Diego-based Sempra Energy executives said Thursday the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit will soon file with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for an export permit at the Sempra LNG import terminal at Cameron, LA.
SoCalGas Joins Alternative Fuel Research Effort
Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) unit said Wednesday it has joined a San Diego-based low-emission alternative fuels company, Oberon Fuels, in a research and development (R&D) effort centered on a potential transportation fuel derived from natural gas called “Dimethyl Ether (DME).”
Sempra Eyes Future Latin American, LNG Investments
While the new CEO reiterated Tuesday that San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s focus would remain fixed primarily on utility operations, the energy holding company will continue to look for other opportunities in what was called “contracted energy infrastructure” investments.
SDG&E Seeks OK for 450 MW of Gas-Fired Peaking
Anticipating more unevenness in its electricity mix in meeting California’s 33% renewable goal by 2020, Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E) filed Monday for state regulatory approval of three new power purchase contracts covering up to nearly 450 MW collectively from separate natural gas-fired peaking projects.
SoCalGas, SDG&E Transmission Pipeline System Revised
California regulators on Thursday approved changes in the intrastate transmission pipeline services for Sempra Energy’s two utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E), tweaking their firm access rights (FAR), receipt points and the rates charged for transportation.
Sempra Closes Chile, Peru Purchases
A unit of San Diego-based Sempra Energy on Wednesday said it has completed the $875 million acquisition of interests in Chilean and Peruvian utilities. Sempra Pipelines & Storage now has a 100% interest in the Chilean company and a 76% interest in the Peruvian utility.
Sempra Ties Future to More Gas, Less Price Differences
Having exited the global trading space and facing merchant power markets that are problematic, San Diego-based Sempra Energy will be placing renewed emphasis on its varied natural gas investments along with its California and foreign utilities. That was the essence of presentations at the energy holding company’s financial analysts’ meeting last Wednesday in New York City.
Sempra Ties Future More Closely to Natural Gas
Having exited the global trading space and facing merchant power markets that are problematic, San Diego-based Sempra Energy will be placing renewed emphasis on its varied natural gas investments along with its California and foreign utilities. That was the essence of presentations at the energy holding company’s financial analysts’ meeting Wednesday in New York City.
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After satisfying final technical requirements, San Diego-based Sempra Energy March 1 obtained final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to begin re-exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from its Cameron import terminal in Hackberry, LA. However, a Sempra LNG spokesperson would not say whether any cargoes were ready to be reshipped. Sempra won the federal approval for re-export Jan. 20, but there were some conditions it still had to meet. “Based on staff’s review of your filing [Feb. 28] Cameron LNG LLC has satisfactorily addressed all of the hazard and operability study recommendations needed to commence service,” said FERC’s Lauren O’Donnell, who is director of gas: environment and engineering.