New Fortress Energy

A federal court has ruled that FERC has authority to regulate New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Puerto Rico, rejecting an argument that the Commission revised definitions of a pipeline to assert authority. A panel of three judges with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) is working to expand natural gas liquefaction capacity to fill a short-term gap in global supplies and meet demand faster than its rivals.  The company plans to file applications this summer for another six floating liquefaction facilities in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) that could be deployed more quickly than…

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility planned in northeasteastern Pennsylvania, designed to tap into the Marcellus Shale, has for now been put on hold after the developer reached a settlement with environmental groups. The settlement announced Monday by Pennsylvania-based environmental group PennFuture and other national organizations outlines plans for the facility’s developer to allow its…

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer New Fortress Energy Inc. is reviving plans to build a $766 million import terminal in Ireland, this time with a “future-proofed” design that would allow it to transition to hydrogen gas in the coming years. A spokesperson for New Fortress said last week the company plans to file a…

New Fortress Energy Inc. said it had few issues in the second quarter signing up customers for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power generation assets that it is developing in Brazil, where energy demand has set records this year.  NFE said it inked eight sales agreements for 5.8 million gallons/day of LNG to underpin import…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) said Monday it has signed an agreement to supply natural gas to two power plants owned by Mexican state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) in Mexico’s difficult-to-reach Baja California Sur (BCS) state. NFE will supply the equivalent of about 250,000-500,000 gallons (20,000-40,000 MMBtu)/d of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

New York City-based New Fortress Energy LLC (NFE) continues to pursue rapid growth in underserved natural gas markets across the world, announcing plans to enter the offshore liquefaction space and build an import terminal in Southeast Asia.  The company, which is focused on delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) to markets that lack access to the…

New Fortress Energy Inc. said Wednesday it is acquiring Golar LNG Partners LP (GMLP) and Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. in a deal valued at $5 billion that expands operations in Latin America and provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping assets.  Hygo is a 50-50 joint venture between Golar LNG Ltd. and a fund managed by…

A small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal proposed for New Jersey has cleared another regulatory hurdle after the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) this week voted to uphold a decision approving a key part of the project.  DRBC, a quasi-regulatory agency involving four states and the U.S. government that oversees the Delaware River watershed,…