Louisiana

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Sempra Infrastructure’s amended design for the expansion of its Cameron LNG facility as the firm aims for a final investment decision (FID) this summer for the project. In early 2022, Sempra filed a request to amend the approval for its proposed 6.75 million metric tons/year expansion of the…

Natural gas production out of the U.S. Gulf Coast should rise over the next decade as it continues to look toward the export market, according to researchers at Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Center for Energy Studies. In the center’s latest Gulf Coast Energy Outlook (GCEO) authors David E. Dismukes and Greg Upton said that in…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, in which NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of Strategy & Research, offers his expert insight into the infrastructure projects underway to accommodate rapid natural gas growth from the Haynesville Shale in Louisiana. The new capacity is moving south to the Gulf Coast, mostly…

TotalEnergies SE is withdrawing its representatives on PAO Novatek’s board and said it would stop accounting for its 19.4% stake in the company.

U.S. oilfield employment rose in November month/month, with gains in all six tracked categories, according to the trade group Energy Workforce & Technology Council.  Domestic jobs in the broad oilfield services and equipment sector, aka OFS, climbed by an estimated 2,346 jobs to 645,486 in November, the preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…

Growing demand from natural gas producers in the Haynesville Shale is driving a suite of gathering and processing (G&P) expansions on Clearfork Midstream LLC’s Holly System in North Louisiana. The expansions include constructing a 24-inch diameter pipeline to the east side of the Red River in northeast Red River Parish, as well as a 16-inch…

Backed by Louisiana state government incentives, oilfield services (OFS) giant Schlumberger Ltd. has decided to centralize its offshore oil and gas support services in the heart of the state’s Acadiana region. The company is spending $11.5 million to expand its operations in Lafayette, LA, forming a North Gulf Coast (NGC) Hub. Schlumberger’s Lyndal Cissell, North…

Two major petrochemical projects planned for Louisiana’s St. James Parish are facing permitting obstacles following recent decisions that may affect them moving forward. A court ruling has stalled FG LA LLC’s plan to build a massive $9.4 billion plastics facility. The affiliate of global conglomerate Formosa Group has had the Sunshine Project on the drawing…

Delfin Midstream Inc. has landed another potential offtaker for its Gulf Coast LNG project with Devon Energy Corp., as the Permian Basin-weighted independent seeks international exposure for its Lower 48 natural gas. Devon could have up to 2 million metric tons/year of offtake capacity and an undisclosed future stake in Delfin under a tentative heads…