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Growth in U.S. LNG capacity has reached the point where it is a significant demand component of the country’s expansive natural gas market.

The chief executive of TotalEnergies SE said natural gas is vital to ensure energy reliability now and for years to come as the world population swells and economies advance, driving demand that exceeds the realistic potential of renewable fuels in the foreseeable future. “We need to continue to produce it…Gas is good,” TotalEnergies CEO Patrick…

Natural gas futures plummeted on Monday as weekend weather models shed a huge amount of demand from the 15-day outlook. Though LNG demand hit a fresh high amid a key export facility’s return of operations, the April Nymex contract settled 43.7 cents lower at $2.572/MMBtu. May futures dropped 41.1 cents to $2.730. At A Glance:…

The U.S. natural gas market is expected to have a greater impact on the global LNG trade in the future as more projects are built and the world’s supply contracts are increasingly tied to Henry Hub, Shell plc reported Thursday in its annual liquefied natural gas outlook.  Qatar and the United States are expected to…

Ten years have passed since Cheniere Energy Inc. ushered in the era of modern U.S. LNG exports by sanctioning the first two liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana.

Argentina’s YPF SA is aiming to sanction an LNG export project by the end of 2023, according to CFO Alejandro Lew. YPF and Malaysian national oil company Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 1 to study the potential for an integrated liquefied natural gas export project in Argentina, home of the Vaca Muerta…

The United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc), is planning to combine its natural gas processing and LNG units into one partially public company as a part of its plans to modernize its structure and boost production. Dubbed Adnoc Gas, the new entity would incorporate all of the group’s gas processing operations and…

Huge natural gas forward basis moves continued for pipeline capacity-starved New England, but hefty premiums also shifted further west during the short Nov. 17-21 period, NGI’s Forward Look data showed. With several inches of snow falling and a stormy outlook ahead, the Rockies and Pacific Northwest posted sharply higher forward prices. Northwest Sumas December basis…

Consumption in the domestic electric and residential sectors fell in 2021, but record LNG exports drove growth in net natural gas disposition, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).  Natural gas demand, net liquefied natural gas exports and net storage grew by 3.6% last year compared with 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic swept across…