Argentina’s natural gas pipeline offering additional takeaway capacity from the Vaca Muerta shale formation went into service earlier this month. The Gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner pipeline was built in 10 months, “record time,” the Energy Secretariat said. Capacity on the pipeline is 25 million cubic meters/day (MMcm). The line stretches from the town of Tratayén…
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Argentina’s YPF Targeting 2023 FID on Integrated LNG Export Project
Argentina’s YPF SA is aiming to sanction an LNG export project by the end of 2023, according to CFO Alejandro Lew. YPF and Malaysian national oil company Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 1 to study the potential for an integrated liquefied natural gas export project in Argentina, home of the Vaca Muerta…
Petronas Reports Fire on Pipeline Feeding Malaysia LNG Terminal – The Offtake
Petronas on Wednesday reported a fire on its Sabah-Sarawak natural gas pipeline in Malaysia. The system feeds the 30 million metric tons/year Bintulu LNG export terminal.

Petronas Declares Force Majeure at Malaysia LNG, Further Squeezing Global LNG Market
Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas, has declared force majeure on supplies from its Malaysia LNG (MLNG) facility due to a pipeline leak, which could add more pressure on Asian and European liquefied natural gas buyers looking to cover before the winter season. “It’s expected that the leak at the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline that supplies the…

Vaca Muerta Natural Gas to Fuel Planned Argentina LNG Project
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández unveiled Thursday an LNG project to export gas sourced from the prolific Vaca Muerta formation. The $10 billion project would be developed jointly by Argentine state oil firm YPF and Malaysian liquefied natural gas giant Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas. “We have the energy that the world needs and will need…

Fueled By Energy Crisis ‘Opportunity,’ Argentina Set to Develop LNG Export Facility
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández unveiled Thursday an LNG project to export gas sourced from the prolific Vaca Muerta formation. The $10 billion project would be developed jointly by Argentine state oil firm YPF and Malaysian liquefied natural gas giant Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas. “We have the energy that the world needs and will need…

Malaysian State of Sabah and Petronas Outline Plans for New LNG Terminal
A 2 million metric tons/year (mmty) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Malaysian state of Sabah was announced Tuesday (Jan. 4) with the launch of a masterplan by the country’s state-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas, and the state government. The new facility planned for the Sipitang Oil and Gas Industrial Park is a…

Petronas Inks $7B Deal to Supply LNG Canada Cargoes to CNOOC
Malaysia’s state-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas, has struck a $7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) that includes cargoes from the LNG Canada facility currently under construction in British Columbia. Under the terms of the deal, Petronas would supply 2.2 million metric tons per year (mmty)…

Petronas Boosts North Montney Footprint, Sells First Asian LNG Spot Cargo Linked to AECO
Malaysia’s state-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka Petronas, has increased its ownership of Montney shale production destined for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from British Columbia (BC) and added a Canadian price benchmark to its international marketing. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. (Japex) announced that it would sell its 10% share in a BC supply partnership…
Global LNG Trading Gaining Another Platform for Physical Cargoes
Australia-based GLX, an online trading platform for liquefied natural gas (LNG), plans to work with the energy price-reporting arm of IHS Markit to start up an end-to-end trading solution to transact physical cargoes.