Pivotal LNG has signed a multi-year contract to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Carib Energy (USA), a unit of Crowley Maritime Corp. LNG would be transported by Crowley and delivered to Molinos de Puerto Rico, the Caribbean arm of Ardent Mills LLC, which plans to use the gas as a fuel source in its Puerto Rico operations. Pivotal plans to load LNG onto Crowley’s containers, which would be transported via truck to Crowley-owned vessels in Jacksonville, FL, and Crowley’s Puerto Rico-based logistics team then would deliver the LNG to Molinos in Puerto Rico (see Daily GPI,May 9;Aug. 19, 2014). Pivotal and Southern Company Gas (formerly AGL Resources Inc.) operate a network of LNG production facilities with the capacity to produce 540,000 gallons/day and the ability to store more than 94 million gallons. Pivotal, through its JAX LNG partnership, also is developing an LNG production facility in Jacksonville, with facility construction expected to begin soon (see Daily GPI,Jan. 6, 2015).
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Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil LNG Project has Canadian License Extended to 40 Years
The Canadian crusade to break into global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets was extended Thursday when a project sponsored by Imperial Oil and 70% owner ExxonMobil obtained a 15-year extension to its overseas sales hunting permit.
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Enterprise Sees ‘Win Some-Lose Some’ Gas Export Activity
Customers recently canceled some liquid petroleum gas (LPG) loadings at Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Gulf Coast terminal, but this month the company loaded a record number of polymer grade propylene (PGP) cargos. And the first ethane commissioning cargo is due to leave next month from the company’s Houston Ship Channel (HSC) terminal.
Brief — Enterprise Propylene Exports
Enterprise Products Partners LP has loaded its first two vessels with polymer-grade propylene (PGP) for export at the Enterprise Hydrocarbons Terminal (EHT) along the Houston Ship Channel, adding a new service at the facility. The company is expecting an increase in the number of PGP export cargoes in response to growing international demand. It has the capability to load 5,000 metric tons per day of refrigerated PGP at the EHT dock facilities, which are supplied by propylene fractionators and storage wells at Enterprise’s Mont Belvieu, TX, complex. “Our EHT facility provides us with the enhanced efficiency and additional capacity we need to meet the increased demand from our customers looking to export PGP, which is price advantaged due to the shale revolution,” said Jim Teague, CEO of Enterprise’s general partner. “With the addition of our 1.65 billion pound PDH [propane dehydrogenation] plant, which is scheduled to begin service in the second quarter of 2017 [see Daily GPI,Jan. 28], Enterprise will have the capability to produce 7.5 billion pounds of propylene per year, sufficient to meet the needs of our domestic and international customers.”
Drop in Oil Prices Cripples OPEC’s Net Oil Export Revenues, EIA Finds
The collapse in crude oil prices has decimated net oil export revenues for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over the last three years, and the decline is expected to continue into 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
FERC OK’s Expansion of Sempra Cameron LNG Project
San Diego-based Sempra Energy got the organic boost it has been coveting for its gas portfolio when FERC late last week authorized the company’s proposed expansion of its Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Louisiana, the first phase of which is more than 40% complete.
FERC OK’s Expansion of Sempra Cameron LNG Project
San Diego-based Sempra Energy got the organic boost it has been coveting for its gas portfolio when FERC late last week authorized the company’s proposed expansion of its Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Louisiana, the first phase of which is more than 40% complete.
2015 Net Natural Gas Imports Lowest Since 1980s, EIA Says
Net natural gas imports into the United States last year fell to 935 Bcf (2.56 Bcf/d), continuing a decline that began in 2007 and reaching a low not seen since the 1980s, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
2015 Net Natural Gas Imports Lowest Since 1980s, EIA Says
Net natural gas imports into the United States last year fell to 935 Bcf (2.56 Bcf/d), continuing a decline that began in 2007 and reaching a low not seen since the 1980s, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Oregon LNG Columbia River Project Scrapped
Plagued by sustained local opposition, backers of Oregon LNG, a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project along the mouth of the Columbia River, have pulled the plug on the decade-old project to build a liquefaction terminal and connecting 87-mile gas transmission pipeline.
