Delfin Midstream Inc. is seeking an additional five years to complete its LNG export project offshore Louisiana, marking one of the first tests of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) stance on extensions since last year. For more than a decade, Houston-based Delfin has been developing a proposed export project offshore Louisiana that would use four…
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BP Exits Senegal’s Yakaar-Teranga Natural Gas Field as Greater Tortue LNG Project Faces Delay
BP plc has reshuffled its priorities for West African natural gas development as it progresses offshore activities and the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project. Kosmos Energy Ltd., BP’s partner in Senegal’s estimated 25 Tcf Yakaar-Teranga gas discoveries, has assumed majority ownership and operator status with acquisition of BP’s working interest earlier in the month.…
Black & Veatch Lands Contract for Ksi Lisims LNG Project in Canada
Kansas-based Black & Veatch has been awarded an engineering contract with the Ksi Lisims LNG export project proposed for the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). The assignment, in cooperation with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., covers front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the proposal to use a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant…
Permian’s Growing Relationship with Gulf Coast Exporters Driving Demand for Nitrogen Control, Chart Says
As associated gas from the Permian Basin continues to help drive a boom in LNG projects, removing the relatively high levels of nitrogen is growing into a lucrative business for Chart Industries Inc., according to company executives. Generally, liquefied natural gas facilities limit the percentage of nitrogen in the end product to 1%. While some…
Delfin LNG Project Said on Track for FID by Mid-2023 After Hartree SPA
Delfin Midstream Inc. on Monday announced another binding agreement to sell LNG to an affiliate of commodity trader Hartree Partners LP and said it expects to sanction its floating offshore production facility in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by the middle of the year. Under the sales and purchase agreement (SPA), Delfin would sell 0.6…
Fast-Build FLNG Projects Seen Meeting Global Push to Secure Energy Supplies
Investments in floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production terminals are poised to increase sharply in the next four years, driven by Europe’s need to displace Russian natural gas imports and Asia’s ongoing shift away from coal, according to an analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group. Market research firm Westwood expects 18.3 million metric tons/year (mmty)…
Westwood Expects Boom in FLNG Development Amid Global Push to Secure Energy Supplies
Investments in floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production terminals are poised to increase sharply in the next four years, driven by Europe’s need to displace Russian natural gas imports and Asia’s ongoing shift away from coal, according to an analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group. Market research firm Westwood expects 18.3 million metric tons/year (mmty)…
Eni Plans Second Republic of Congo FLNG Unit in Bid to ‘Leverage Gas Equity’
Eni SpA is moving forward with plans to increase natural gas exports from the Republic of Congo with a second floating LNG (FLNG) terminal provided by Wison Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. The Italian supermajor disclosed a contract Thursday with the unit of Shanghai-based Wison to construct and install a 2.4 million metric tons/year (mmty) capacity…
Germany Secures LNG Supply from UAE, Possible First Cargo by December
German utility RWE AG has secured another LNG supply source in an agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) that could bring additional cargoes to Germany’s developing import terminals as soon as December. RWE and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) state-owned ADNOC agreed to a multi-year supply contract for liquefied natural gas starting in…
Traders, Utilities Stashing More LNG at Sea, Further Tightening Shipping Market as Winter Nears
The prospect of large winter price premiums and the challenge of infrastructure bottlenecks are driving traders and utilities to stash LNG volumes at sea, ballooning the levels of floating gas in storage to a two-year high and sustaining lofty charter rates. Daily floating storage levels reached 1.5 million tons (Mt) of liquefied natural gas stored…