New Fortress Energy

New Fortress Energy Inc. has shipped the final jack-up rig to complete its first floating liquefaction facility offshore Mexico’s east coast and now expects first LNG production by next month.  NFE said last week that the Pioneer 2 platform set sail from a Kiewit Corp. shipyard in Ingleside, Texas. It is one of three rigs…

One of New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) avenues to expand its LNG marketing opportunities in Europe could be closed after a proposed import project in southwestern Ireland was denied. The An Bord Pleanála, Ireland’s independent planning authority, recently denied permission for NFE’s development application of the Shannon import project. In the decision, authorities wrote that…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Sempra Infrastructure is looking to ramp-up construction at the Port Arthur LNG site in Texas, according to a recently published filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The firm requested authorization for up to 6,000 people on site 24 hours a day as it progresses…

Mexico is at a pivotal moment as it gears up for an election next year amid a global rearrangement of supply chains. Ensuring reliable and affordable energy is key to the nation’s success and proposed LNG exports plans, but requires more progress, said participants at the Mexico Gas Summit in San Antonio, TX last week.…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) said last week it has obtained an export permit from Mexico’s energy ministry Sener for the offshore Altamira Fast LNG project.  The permit allows NFE to export up to 7.8 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas through April 2028, “providing ample capacity to support the operations” of the 1.4…

As New Fortress Energy Inc. targets deploying its first Fast LNG unit in the waters offshore Mexico’s eastern coast by June, it’s unveiled new plans to move the successive phases of Altamira LNG to land. For the past several years, the liquefied natural gas vessel firm has been working to become a fuel supplier through…

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) denied a request by a unit of New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) to renew its special permit to transport LNG by rail, further closing the door for the company’s export plans in New Jersey. On Monday, the PHMSA denied the 2021 request from Energy Transport Solutions LLC,…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) has agreed to sell its stake in Golar LNG Ltd.’s floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production platform in Cameroon as it focuses on increasing utilization of its fleet and strengthening returns to investors. New York-based NFE will sell its stake in the 2.4 million metric ton/year platform Hilli Episeyo for…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) is steaming ahead with another LNG export project in Mexico. The company said it has finalized a deal with Mexican state oil firm Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to develop and operate a natural gas field and a liquefaction project off the coast of Veracruz. The offshore liquefaction plant at the Lakach…