Port Arthur LNG

While political opposition and market uncertainty continue to mount around the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) pause of LNG export authorizations, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm reassured energy leaders the action was a necessary, but temporary step to better policy making. During a keynote address Monday in Houston during CERAWeek by S&P Global, Granholm rolled…

While U.S. LNG developers navigate the fallout of a pause in new worldwide liquefied natural gas export authorizations, Sempra Infrastructure executives said they were still focusing on the best prices and partnerships, rather than permitting timelines. The LNG and Mexico infrastructure arm of San Diego-based Sempra is currently in the early phases of construction on…

A panel of federal judges has decided to withdraw its decision around a Texas air permit for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG export project southeast of Houston. In November, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated an air permit granted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). In that decision, the…

Sempra is betting that continued global energy volatility and geopolitical tensions will strengthen North America’s key natural gas markets, supporting its investments in LNG exports and Mexico. In the San Diego-based firm’s third quarter earnings call, CEO Jeff Martin said the series of global conflicts that have impacted global markets recently have accelerated a “trend…

Houston-based ConocoPhillips has signed another deal securing more capacity to move volumes from its growing LNG supply portfolio into Europe as the continent continues to replace Russian imports.  The independent said it booked 2 billion cubic meters (Bcm) annually, or roughly 70 Bcf/year of regasification capacity at the Gate import terminal in the Netherlands, one…

Sempra Infrastructure has locked in a contractor for the second phase of an expansion at Cameron LNG and is marketing the next phase of Port Arthur LNG as it targets a final investment decision (FID) for both projects next year. The liquefied natural gas and energy infrastructure arm of San Diego-based Sempra has been on…

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…

As Commonwealth LNG LLC awaits its last regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), management said it has also entered the final stages of commercializing the more than 9 million metric tons/year (mmty) project ahead of a final investment decision (FID) later this year. Executive Chairman Paul Varello told NGI the company is…

Russia’s war in Ukraine has helped propel the next wave of U.S. LNG projects, putting the country on track to export 22.3 Bcf/d of the super-chilled fuel this decade. Since last year, the Corpus Christ Stage 3 expansion, Plaquemines and Port Arthur liquefied natural gas projects have all been sanctioned. Along with Golden Pass LNG,…