Port Arthur LNG

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,…

ConocoPhillips raised its full-year 2023 production forecast after achieving record output domestically and worldwide during the first three months of the year.  The company is targeting full-year 2023 production of 1.78-1.80 million boe/d, a 10,000 boe/d increase at the midpoint from previous guidance. This would be up from full-year production of 1.74 million boe/d recorded…

While a global banking crisis doesn’t appear to be crashing a wave of new LNG infrastructure projects just yet, finance experts say it’s adding pressure to an already tight development cycle. Through most of March, the collapse of institutions like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Switzerland’s Credit Suisse captured headlines and dimmed market outlooks. During…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has denied an Energy Transfer LP affiliate’s request to again extend the deadline for starting exports from its proposed Lake Charles LNG facility in Louisiana.  In an order denying the application for an “unprecedented second extension,” DOE said Friday that the project had failed to show good cause for…

Sempra on Monday gave the green light to the first phase of the $13 billion Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas, announcing a positive final investment decision (FID) for the facility and closing the necessary financing to move ahead. The company said it also issued a final notice to proceed with the project to…

With its backlog of developing LNG terminal projects hitting successive milestones over the past year, Sempra Infrastructure is poised to make two final investment decisions (FID) this year while gauging interest for the next phase of its Texas project. The infrastructure and liquefied natural gas arm of San Diego-based Sempra previously disclosed last year that…