export terminals

Crude Exports Begin from Second Deepwater Dock at South Texas Gateway Terminal

Crude Exports Begin from Second Deepwater Dock at South Texas Gateway Terminal

Crude oil exports have begun from the second deepwater dock at the South Texas Gateway (STG) terminal, according to Buckeye Partners LP, the terminal’s 50% owner. With the second dock now complete, STG can accommodate the simultaneous berthing and loading of two very large crude carrier (VLCC) vessels, Buckeye said last Wednesday. STG is in…

January 4, 2021
MPL Sees ‘Commercial Momentum’ for Second LNG Project on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

MPL Sees ‘Commercial Momentum’ for Second LNG Project on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Mexico’s Pacific Coast could see more than one natural gas export project being developed in the coming years as Asian markets increase their appetite for imports of cheap and reliable U.S. gas via the shortest transport route possible. Mexico Pacific Limited LLC’s (MPL) CEO Doug Shanda thinks his company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project…

November 19, 2020
Energía Costa Azul Sanctioned, Looks to Become Mexico’s First LNG Export Project

Energía Costa Azul Sanctioned, Looks to Become Mexico’s First LNG Export Project

San Diego-based Sempra Energy has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the development, construction and operation of a natural gas liquefaction plant in Mexico’s Baja California. Energía Costa Azul (ECA) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) joint venture between subsidiaries Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova). It is the first LNG export project…

November 17, 2020
ECA LNG Considers Moving Forward Amid Growing Momentum for Mexico Export Projects

ECA LNG Considers Moving Forward Amid Growing Momentum for Mexico Export Projects

The Energía Costa Azul (ECA) natural gas export project in Mexico’s Baja California has yet to receive an export approval from the Mexican government despite a new push to support the exports but sanctioning could happen later this year, Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) executives said last Thursday. The proposed two-phase liquefied natural gas (LNG) project,…

October 27, 2020
Listen Now: Latest NGI Hub & Flow Podcast Covers the Basics of U.S. LNG Terminals

Listen Now: Latest NGI Hub & Flow Podcast Covers the Basics of U.S. LNG Terminals

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast.  Senior Editor Jamison Cocklin, who oversees LNG Insight, is joined by NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of strategy and research, to give an overview of the commercial structures of U.S. export terminals, how the super-chilled fuel is priced and the advantages of…

September 21, 2020
LNG 101: The Complex Process of Financing Massive LNG Projects

LNG 101: The Complex Process of Financing Massive LNG Projects

Total SE’s announcement last month that it had landed nearly $15 billion in funding for a Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project came as a surprise given the economic impact of Covid-19, but financing massive export terminals is a complex and lengthy affair even in the best of times.  The global gas supply glut and…

August 12, 2020