Export

Enough robust natural gas supply exists in the Piceance Basin of Colorado and the Uinta Basin of Utah to serve western markets and provide a surplus to export overseas, the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) said in a new report.

NextDecade Corp. took the global stage late Monday in announcing the first long-term supply deal from its proposed Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in South Texas.

Canadian natural gas liquids (NGL) exports increased by 80% over the past five years as unconventional drilling tapped geological formations rich with the byproducts in Alberta and British Columbia (BC).

The British Columbia (BC) government delivered Monday on a promise of up to C$6 billion ($4.5 billion) in aid for the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project to enter construction on the province’s northern Pacific coast.

After growing by an estimated 600,000 b/d in 2018, natural gas liquids (NGL) are expected to see a slower pace of growth in the next couple of years amid possible headwinds from demand and the timeline for infrastructure projects entering service, particularly Energy Transfer LP’s (ET) Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline and its companion Mariner East 2X (ME2X), according to BofA Merrill Lynch.

Total SA, which is building out liquefied natural gas (LNG) stakes along the Gulf Coast, has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help Sempra Energy develop the Cameron, LA, facility, as well as the proposed Energia Costa Azul (ECA) project in Mexico.

Democratic lawmakers are pushing back against a Trump administration proposal to use U.S. military installations or other federal property along the West Coast as potential export terminals for fossil fuel exports to Asia.

Shell Canada Energy Ltd. said Tuesday it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on LNG Canada, a major natural gas export project in Kitimat, BC.

Emphasizing the United States’ commitment to energy diversity across Europe, President Trump on Tuesday said a “tremendous” amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) would be exported to Poland at “a really good price.”