Pipeline

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates the European Union (EU) could have to address a natural gas supply shortage in 2023 due in part to few additional LNG projects coming online and increased competition with Asia for cargoes. In a new report released Monday, the IEA modeled how the EU could manage a shortfall of…

Midstream giant Williams has reached agreements with Coterra Energy Inc. and Dominion Energy Inc. to deliver certified low-carbon natural gas from the wellhead to Dominion’s Virginia business through 2023. The arrangement to deliver next generation or “next gen” natural gas “highlights the low-carbon benefits of Coterra’s production in Northeast Pennsylvania and Williams’ gathering and transmission…

Although Gulf Coast LNG exports are expected to drive the bulk of U.S. natural gas demand growth in the coming years, Mexico and Arizona could play vital roles in easing natural gas takeaway constraints out of the Permian Basin, according to NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of strategy and research. As evidenced by Waha spot prices…

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…

Enterprise Products Partners LP transported record volumes on its pipeline systems during the third quarter of 2022, buoyed by the natural gas gathering and processing business it acquired from Navitas Midstream Partners LP earlier this year. However, management acknowledged that pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin is tight, and more negative gas pricing may be…

France, Portugal and Spain have agreed to plan new energy connections between the three countries, not through an expansion of the Midi-Catalonia natural gas project – or MidCat – but through a “green energy corridor,” the countries’ leaders said in a joint statement. Ahead of the European Commission’s Thursday meeting on energy price policies in…

Kinder Morgan Inc. is forecasting substantial growth in U.S. natural gas exports, including to Mexico via pipeline and the global market via LNG, over the coming years.  KMI expects net U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico to reach 7 Bcf/d by 2030, up from around 6 Bcf/d in 2021, according to internal and Wood Mackenzie…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. Natural gas volumes inside a pipeline system flow from a high pressure section to a low pressure section. Processing centers and production…

To expand and accelerate its bioenergy business, BP plc on Monday agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc., a leading U.S. renewable natural gas (RNG) producer. The acquisition, subject to Archaea shareholder approval, would be for $3.3 billion in cash and close to $800 million in debt.  Bioenergy is one of the five strategic transition growth…