Liquefaction

Delfin LNG LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BTG Pactual Commodities for all of the liquefaction capacity of the first vessel planned for its proposed deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) port in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), 50 miles offshore of Cameron Parish, LA.

Russia’s OAO Gazprom might want to grow its presence in global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, but it will face headwinds from supplies coming from Australia, the Middle East as well as from the United States, according to an analyst with GlobalData.

FERC staff Friday issued the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Phase II Modification Project and the Liquefaction Project proposed by Freeport LNG. Construction would entail “significant and unavoidable impacts;” however, mitigation measures would reduce other impacts “to less-than-significant levels.”

Freeport LNG Expansion LP has snagged a $1.3 billion equity investment from IFM Investors for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility on Quintana Island near Freeport, TX. Funds will support development of the facility’s second train.

FERC has revised its schedule for the completion of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Sempra Energy’s Cameron Liquefaction Project, pushing its release back five months.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries bends the agency’s own rules and sends a “troubling” message, an LNG export advocate told NGI.

The Eagle Ford Shale is being targeted for natural gas to supply the liquefaction and export facility.

Honeywell UOP LLC process technology unit and engineering/contractor Black & Veatch (BV) formed an alliance Tuesday to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities for supplying the rail, vehicle and marine transportation sectors.

Cheniere Energy Inc. unit Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SPL) has filed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export up to 314 Bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year for a term of 20 years from the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project in Louisiana to countries that have free trade agreements (FTA) with the United States and to non-FTA countries.