Driftwood Lng

Gunvor Group Ltd. has the option to terminate its deal to buy supplies from the proposed Driftwood LNG terminal after a deadline passed Tuesday for Tellurian Inc. to meet certain conditions. The sales and purchase agreement (SPA) was amended to give Gunvor the option of walking away if Tellurian failed to meet conditions, including sanctioning…

Venture Global LNG has been granted permission by FERC to progress limited construction at Plaquemines LNG in Louisiana.

The global push to reach net-zero emissions and meet the world’s future energy needs will cost trillions of dollars and require far more than renewable technologies, according to energy executives. “We’re still at that very early phase where we make these grand pronouncements and we’ve tried to jumpstart the machine without fully understanding, communally, the…

FERC staff concluded the Commonwealth LNG terminal project in Louisiana could have minimal environmental consequences if built, but it could contribute to “disproportionately high and adverse” impacts on marginal communities already affected by industry. The conclusion from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff was published in a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project proposed…

Tellurian Inc. has completed another acquisition in the Haynesville Shale, further bolstering the natural gas production position as works toward sanctioning a Louisiana LNG export terminal. A unit of Houston-based Tellurian disclosed it paid $125.5 million for a package of assets from EnSight IV Energy Partners LLC and EnSight Haynesville Partners LLC. At the close…

Environmental advocates have filed another challenge against Tellurian Inc.’s proposed Driftwood LNG project, this time in the form of a petition against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Sierra Club and New Orleans-based advocacy group Healthy Gulf have filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit asking for…

Tellurian Inc., which has since its inception buoyed its Lower 48 natural gas portfolio to feed its proposed export project in Louisiana, on Wednesday gobbled up more producing wells and infrastructure in the Haynesville Shale. Subsidiary Tellurian Production LLC (TPC) agreed to purchase a package of assets from privately held EnSight IV Energy Partners LLC…

Tellurian Inc. is in no hurry to sell all of the 27 million metric tons/year (mmty) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity from the proposed Driftwood export project in Louisiana even though there’s an opportunity to do so, according to CEO Octávio Simões. The company has agreed to supply 9 mmty of LNG from the…

Tellurian Inc. could begin construction on certain elements of its Driftwood liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Louisiana as early as this summer, CEO Octávio Simões said recently. “We’re aiming to start construction of the owner obligation costs this summer,” Simões told NGI. Those owner obligations are not covered by the company’s engineering, procurement and…