Export

The Department of Energy (DOE) should move forward on all liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications “in a timely manner,” development of natural gas resources should be a priority for the United States, and lawmakers should help clear the way by opposing any polices that would delay or prohibit LNG exports, according to areportissued Tuesday by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Lake Charles Exports LLC is conditionally authorized to export at a rate of up to 2 Bcf/d, bringing the potential total U.S. LNG exports to 5.6 Bcf/d.

With most of the preliminary work completed for the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia, Chevron Corp. and joint partner Apache Corp. are in a “great competitive spot and on schedule” to become one of the ultimate exporters in the growing waiting line, Chevron upstream chief George Kirkland said Friday.

Williams on Thursday said it has restricted some natural gas pipeline services on its mainstay Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line LLC (aka Transco) because of capacity constraints in the Pennsylvania portion of the Marcellus Shale.

If Houston-based LNG Central has its way, not all of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) output of Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass liquefaction and export project on the Gulf Coast will be shipped overseas. Some will be used to fuel the domestic marine market as well as transportation on land and the high-horsepower engine market.

If Houston-based LNG Central has its way, not all of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) output of Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass liquefaction and export project on the Gulf Coast will be shipped overseas. Some will be used to fuel the domestic marine market as well as transportation on land and the high-horsepower engine market.

A company based in India is mulling a $3 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export terminal in the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia, Canada’s CBC News reported. “We’re looking at a long term…facility to liquefy natural gas. We’re looking to put out a capacity of a billion and a half cubic feet a day at its final stage, said Darshan Hiranandani, managing director for H-Energy, as reported by CBC. He said the facility could be similar in scale to the Canaport LNG facility in New Brunswick. Construction could be completed by 2020 at the earliest, he said. The proposal is the second for an LNG facility in Nova Scotia. Last fall, Pieridae Energy Canada announced a project whose target markets would be in Europe and India (see Daily GPI, Oct. 29, 2012).

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has received enough binding commitments to enable its Mariner South Pipeline project to proceed. Mariner South will transport export-grade propane and butane from Lone Star NGL LLC’s storage and fractionation complex in Mont Belvieu, TX, to Sunoco Logistics’ terminal in Nederland, TX. A binding open season continues to solicit additional business (see Shale Daily, March 22). In addition to propane and butane, the pipeline will be available for other natural gas liquids and petroleum products depending on shipper interest, Sunoco Logistics said. It is expected to have initial capacity of 200,000 b/d with the potential for expansion. Operation is expected during the first quarter of 2015.

ExxonMobil Corp. and BHP Billiton are partnering to build the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) processing and export plant off Australia’s northwest coast.