Regasification

Constellation Energy Commodities Group Inc. (CCG) late last week announced a short-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification agreement with Freeport LNG Development LP to allow it to access LNG capacity at the terminal now under construction near Freeport, TX.

The abundance of domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification projects is not limited to the Gulf Coast. The northeastern Atlantic Coast has its share of proposed terminals as well. However, given rising construction costs and difficulty in securing LNG supply commitments, their futures are far from certain.

The abundance of domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification projects is not limited to the Gulf Coast. The northeastern Atlantic Coast has its share of proposed terminals as well. However, given rising construction costs and difficulty in securing LNG supply commitments, their futures are far from certain.

In the United States the majority of talk about liquefied natural gas (LNG) has focused on downstream regasification capacity. Another necessary part of the LNG value chain is shipping, and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) suggests in a new analysis that strong fundamentals in the LNG market can support investment-grade credit ratings for LNG shipping projects.

Cheniere Energy Inc., which is developing three liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminals along the Gulf Coast, said Friday it will begin remobilizing construction activities on its Sabine Pass, LA site in Cameron Parish on Monday. Activity should return to pre-hurricane levels within the next five to six weeks, the company said.

Construction of a C$600 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and regasification facility on Cape Breton Island, along the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia, is on track to begin this summer after Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) sold an industrial site to Bear Head LNG Corp., a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Construction of a C$600 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and regasification facility on Cape Breton Island, along the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia, is on track to begin this summer after Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) sold an industrial site to Bear Head LNG Corp., a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Indicative of the increased pressure for more integrated energy planning in other high-growth western areas, the San Diego-North Baja, Mexico region increasingly has to be considered comprehensively in applying integrated energy planning to what is fast becoming a more economically and demographically linked part of the Southwest, speakers emphasized at a workshop conducted by the California Energy Commission (CEC) earlier in December.

Following through on a plan to build a 1.3 Bcf/d liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal to serve U.S. markets, Houston-based DKRW Energy LLC last week purchased 1,500 acres of property at Puerto Libertad on the Gulf of California from the state of Sonora, Mexico. DKRW subsidiary Sonora Pacific LNG signed an agreement with Mexican officials in May to build the terminal and associated gas pipeline facilities (see NGI, May 31).