LNG

Germany, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK have each reversed decisions to decrease oil and natural gas development in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine, supporting the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports. Russia’s Gazprom PJSC in late May said it planned to discontinue supplying the Netherlands with gas after Dutch wholesaler…

Freeport LNG Development LP said Tuesday it does not expect its Texas export facility to be fully repaired for months after an explosion knocked the plant offline last week. The company is now targeting late 2022 for a return to full service instead of the initial guidance of three weeks. Given that the explosion and…

Mexico’s president said Saturday he hopes for construction of the Jaltipán-Salina Cruz natural gas pipeline to be complete within a year at the most. The proposed 500 MMcf/d pipeline would span the Tehuantepec Isthmus, from Chinameca, Veracruz, to Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, where the government is planning a 3 million metric tons/year floating liquefied natural gas…

The potential Canadian entry into liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets estimated it could need 2,500 Montney Shale wells to fill export facilities on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). In the first 20 years of exports, NorthRiver Midstream NEBC Connector GP Inc. estimated the new drilling could spawn 313 kilometers (188 miles) of…

A fire at the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas on Wednesday shut down the facility for at least three weeks and had immediate impacts on natural gas pricing across the globe. With New York Mercantile Exchange July natural gas futures early in the week making their way to $10.00/MMBtu, the incident…

With the market continuing to assess the potential demand destruction from an explosion at a major U.S. export terminal, natural gas futures continued to tumble in early trading Thursday.  The July Nymex contract was down 34.4 cents to $8.355/MMBtu as of around 8:50 a.m. ET. The July contract had advanced beyond the $9.60 mark Wednesday…

Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in South America are down sharply this year amid market volatility and a resurgence of hydropower in Brazil, while pipeline gas imports to Mexico have held relatively firm. Kpler analyst Ryhana Rasidi told NGI that around 2.6 million tons (Mt) of LNG has landed in South America this year…

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday touted progress on numerous private and public sector energy projects under development in the country. On Thursday, the administration concluded meetings with 16 U.S. energy companies to discuss “matters of electricity as well as oil and gas,” the president told reporters during his morning press conference.  Among…

Pittsburgh International Airport, known to fliers by the three-digit code PIT, is stepping up its natural gas development partnership with Appalachian Basin-focused independent CNX Resources Corp. PIT and CNX earlier this month launched another phase of their public-private partnership. It currently includes a revenue-sharing deal for CNX-operated Marcellus Shale wells on airport property and a…