Golden Pass

Despite a current lull in LNG prices and trading activity, shipping company Cool Co. Ltd. (CoolCo) expects the long-term focus on natural gas supply security to make independent vessel owners think twice about short-term commitments for this winter. The Bermuda-based company recently reported in a market outlook that vessel owners could have more incentive to…

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., aka Sinopec, has agreed to take a stake in QatarEnergy’s North Field East (NFE) LNG expansion project, the first equity deal between a Chinese state-owned firm and the major natural gas exporter. Sinopec negotiated a 5% stake in one of the four 8 million metric ton/year (mmty) capacity trains outlined…

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated this year will bring the lowest amount of LNG export capacity additions in a decade, exacerbating expectations for a tight global natural gas market through 2025. In a recent report, EIA researchers projected four liquefied natural gas export projects would come online across the world this year, adding a…

A revamped Chesapeake Energy Corp. continues streamlining its strategy around supplying natural gas to the Gulf Coast LNG corridor, executives said in an earnings call on Wednesday. The company sees a somewhat softer natural gas market in 2023, with no real structural demand growth until new export capacity comes online starting in 2024. “As export…

Golden Pass LNG remains on track to start production in 2024, when the first of three liquefaction trains is expected to start ramping up on the Texas coast.  The other trains are set to begin coming online at intervals about six months apart as commissioning continues, said Chief Commercial Officer Jeff Hammad on the sidelines…

BP plc’s Orlando Alvarez, head of gas and power trading in the Americas, sees natural gas and other energy markets heading further into “unprecedented times” of market volatility and regulatory uncertainty, but those changes don’t all have to be challenges for the industry. During a keynote address at LDC Gas Forums’ Gulf Coast Energy Forum…

Growth in the Permian Basin, Guyana’s offshore and the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market are gaining momentum, along with low-carbon opportunities, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said last week. During the 1Q2022 conference call on Friday (April 29), Woods told investors that “recent events” have clarified the direction for oil and gas producers.  New investments…

Construction on the Golden Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Texas is progressing, with the facility on track to come online in 2024, according to ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil Qatar President Dominic Genetti said recently there are currently about 4,000 people at the worksite for the three-train, 16 million metric tons/year (mmty) facility. “I think…

FERC dealt a blow this week to the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal by denying a petition filed last year by the sponsors to waive Oregon’s regulatory authority. Jordan Cove Energy Project LP and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP had argued that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) far exceeded…