Freeport Lng

Feed gas demand was disrupted at the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Texas last week after the facility reported an outage to state regulators. The LNG terminal east of Houston, on Quintana Island near Freeport, experienced an outage at the Train 1 liquefaction unit last week. The outage led to a cooldown and…

Houston-based Talos Energy Inc., which is expanding its scope beyond exploration and production to carbon capture and storage (CCS), has a preliminary agreement with Freeport LNG Development LP to sequester emissions on the Upper Texas coast. Reducing the carbon intensity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports has become paramount for U.S. operators in the broad…

Japan’s largest power producer, Jera Co. Inc., is acquiring a 25.7% stake in the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas for $2.5 billion as it looks to secure more of the super-chilled fuel amid skyrocketing prices and to help meet climate targets. Investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which acquired the stake…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight  Freeport LNG has taken one of its three pretreatment trains offline for maintenance after an incident Sunday that will limit operational capacity. A spokesperson said the train is expected to be offline for seven days. Feed gas deliveries to the terminal were nominated lower early…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Freeport LNG is working through a backlog of tankers this week. The vessel Prism Brilliance was loading at the terminal Thursday. Five vessels are waiting in the Gulf of Mexico to load at Freeport and three more are on their way, according to Kpler. No…

A roundup of news & commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight The vessel LNG Alliance departed Freeport LNG early Tuesday, one week after Tropical Storm Nicholas knocked out power and halted operations at the Texas export terminal.  Power was restored. However, it’s unclear whether all three trains were operating at the terminal after one tripped during…

Natural gas prices continued to rise in Asia and Europe on Monday as competition intensified for limited liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes on the spot market with two U.S. facilities down.  Freeport LNG in Texas continues to experience production issues after Tropical Storm Nicholas knocked out power last week. The facility has not fully restarted…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight  U.S. manufacturer CF Industries Holdings Inc. and Norwegian chemical producer Yara International ASA announced closures of their facilities because of extraordinarily high European natural gas prices, which neared $30/MMBtu this week. Yara said 40% of its European ammonia production capacity would be shut down next…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight  Freeport LNG remained offline late Wednesday, a spokesperson said. Electricity at the terminal isn’t expected to be restored until CenterPoint Energy Inc. completes repairs on its system. Tropical Depression Nicholas made landfall in Texas on Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane and knocked out power…