Exporters

Foreign suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could bypass the United States for more friendly overseas energy markets if the quality standards for the Btu-enriched product entering interstate pipelines are set at a restrictive level, a Department of Energy (DOE) official warned last Wednesday.

Foreign suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could bypass U.S. energy markets if the standards for the Btu-enriched product entering interstate pipelines are set too high, a Department of Energy (DOE) official warned Wednesday.

Canadian natural gas exporters are dining out on the tight continental market, taking in rich increases in revenue from the United States at the same time as their ability to deliver continues to falter.

Canadian natural gas exporters are dining out on the tight continental market, taking in rich increases in revenue from the United States at the same time as their ability to deliver continues to falter.

A comeback by Canadian natural gas exporters shows signs of accelerating fast, sharply reversing a decline in 2002 that broke a 14-year winning streak of consecutive annual record sales to the United States.

A comeback by Canadian natural gas exporters shows signs of accelerating fast, sharply reversing a decline in 2002 that broke a 14-year winning streak of consecutive annual record sales to the United States.

After a 15-year run of unopposed growth, exporters of Canadian natural gas have a fight on their hands on the East Coast. The New Brunswick government, frustrated by industry rejection of a new pipeline for Atlantic and central Canadians, has appealed for federal intervention against dedication of supplies from offshore of Nova Scotia to the northeastern United States.

After a 15-year run of unopposed growth, exporters of Canadian natural gas have a fight on their hands on the East Coast. The New Brunswick government, frustrated by industry rejection of a new pipeline for Atlantic and central Canadians, has appealed for federal intervention against dedication of supplies from offshore of Nova Scotia to the northeastern United States.

Two Trinidad-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters are protesting a rate hike request by Southern LNG for terminaling at its Elba Island import station, saying the request would result in 260% cumulative increases since the project was first proposed. They warned that because of “inefficient high-cost bottlenecks in the gas chain, the United States’ gas market will become less attractive as a destination for LNG supplies.”