LNG

Sempra Energy is doing its own due diligence as the joint venture (JV) it helped fashion to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities at its Cameron, LA, terminal site is grappling with construction delays that the contractor now estimates will push back the facility’s start to mid-2018, Sempra’s senior executives said Tuesday on a year-end earnings conference call.

The volume of inlet gas received at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal was up substantially during November and December, as was the number of export cargos. Meanwhile, during November the terminal saw four cargos depart for Mexico, twice as many as during the preceding nine months.

The United States’ presence in the expected near-term strengthening of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market and Europe’s key role on the marginal demand side are likely to be game-changers over the next five years, according to a report released Monday by Societe Generale research analysts.

Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) Southern LNG Co. LLC has been granted non-free trade agreement (FTA) export authority for its Elba Island LNG terminal near Savannah, GA, to export up to 130 Bcf/year of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Bear Head LNG is proposing a 1,600-kilometer (1,000-mile) pipeline to bring Western Canadian natural gas to the Maritimes for transformation into liquefied natural gas (LNG) that would make the short ocean hop to European markets. Management is optimistic about the project, but some experts question whether it is feasible, considering the outlook for natural gas prices.

Sempra Energy late Tuesday said it has asked FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility, Port Arthur LNG LLC, east of Houston on the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) has filed at FERC for its East-West Project, which would add laterals to its system to serve demand in the U.S. Gulf Coast, where exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are growing.

The Alaska Railroad plans to begin a demonstration of containerized liquefied natural gas (LNG) rail shipment on Tuesday (Sept. 27). Intermodal LNG tanks will be shipped from Southcentral Alaska to the Interior during a month-long project, making the railroad the first in the country to carry LNG.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has granted NextDecade LLC’s Rio Grande LNG terminal authorization to export to natural gas to countries with free trade agreements (FTA), the company announced Wednesday.