LNG

Following the recent spike in terrorism activity in Yemen, Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) has asked President Obama to review whether it is safe for shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to continue to be delivered from the Middle East nation to the Port of Boston’s terminal in Everett, MA, and whether the United States should continue to approve exports of gas to foreign countries.

The Department of Energy (DOE) should move forward on all liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications “in a timely manner,” development of natural gas resources should be a priority for the United States, and lawmakers should help clear the way by opposing any polices that would delay or prohibit LNG exports, according to areportissued Tuesday by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Lake Charles Exports LLC is conditionally authorized to export at a rate of up to 2 Bcf/d, bringing the potential total U.S. LNG exports to 5.6 Bcf/d.

Lake Charles Exports LLC (Lake Charles) Wednesday became the third prospective liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestic natural gas worldwide, bringing authorized export volumes to 5.6 Bcf/d.

With most of the preliminary work completed for the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia, Chevron Corp. and joint partner Apache Corp. are in a “great competitive spot and on schedule” to become one of the ultimate exporters in the growing waiting line, Chevron upstream chief George Kirkland said Friday.

Encana Corp. was given the green light on Friday to start up the long-awaited Deep Panuke natural gas project offshore Nova Scotia.

Germany’s RWE Supply & Trading GmbH is selling its 50% stake in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Excelerate Energy LP to current Excelerate co-owner George B. Kaiser.