natural gas exports

Operations at Freeport LNG could be ramping up again after more than a week of near-zero gas flows to the Texas facility drove speculation that multiple trains were offline, according to pipeline and vessel data. Feed gas nominations for the liquefied natural gas terminal started rising over the weekend and have grown to about 17%…

Global natural gas prices were stable Monday despite Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel as the market assessed whether a broader conflict could break out in the Middle East.  The May Title Transfer Facility contract in Europe climbed 1% to finish near $9.70/MMBtu, adding to the strongest gains last week since October amid rising geopolitical tensions.…

Federal regulators have authorized partial service to start on a small stretch of the pipeline that would feed natural gas to the Golden Pass LNG export project under construction south of Port Arthur, TX. FERC approved Golden Pass Pipeline LLC’s (GPPL) request to start service on the MP 69 Compressor Station Free Flow Line. The…

LNG cargoes continue to flow to Asia as injections get underway in Europe, where the market is well stocked and demand is low.  Asia has imported 93.8 million tons (Mt) of liquefied natural gas year-to-date, up 8% over the same time last year, according to Kpler data. Meanwhile, European imports of the super-chilled fuel are…

U.S. regulators were well within their rights to grant extensions to natural gas projects, a federal appeals court found. FERC’s decision to extend the construction deadlines for projects being undertaken by National Fuel Gas Supply Co. and Cheniere Energy Inc. “were not arbitrary and capricious,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled…

The owners of the Whistler Pipeline system and the developers of the planned Rio Bravo Pipeline project are joining forces to connect Permian Basin natural gas supply with Gulf Coast LNG export markets.  WhiteWater Midstream, I Squared Capital, MPLX LP and Enbridge Inc. have agreed to combine Whistler and Rio Bravo in a new joint…

Federal regulators have found that Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) and its partners in Elba Island LNG could proceed with a 0.4 million metric tons/year (mmty) expansion project without significant environmental impact. Elba Liquefaction Co. LLC, a joint venture between KMI, Blackstone Credit and an undisclosed third party, filed a request with FERC last October to…

Natural gas futures reversed early gains Tuesday as weaker physical prices squashed initial optimism from another producer curtailment to send the prompt contract to its fifth straight decline.  At A Glance: CNX cuts 30 Bcf equivalent Two Freeport LNG trains offline National Avg. sinks to $1.285 The April Nymex contract settled at $1.714/MMBtu, down 4.5…

Delfin Midstream Inc. is seeking an additional five years to complete its LNG export project offshore Louisiana, marking one of the first tests of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) stance on extensions since last year. For more than a decade, Houston-based Delfin has been developing a proposed export project offshore Louisiana that would use four…