Sempra Infrastructure has joined a partnership of Japanese gas utilities and major industrial groups studying the potential of using Gulf Coast LNG terminals to create an export hub for low-carbon, natural gas-backed fuels. The unit of San Diego-based Sempra has agreed to support a study aimed at gauging the feasibility of exporting hydrogen or ammonia…
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Sempra Eyeing 2024 to Sanction Cameron and Port Arthur LNG Expansions
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…
Sempra Requests Port Arthur LNG Construction Ramp-Up – The Offtake
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…

ConocoPhillips Raising 2023 Production Forecast as Port Arthur LNG, Willow Projects Advance
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…

Sempra Considers Delaying Cameron LNG Phase 2 as Gulf Coast Costs, Labor Crunch Grow
Sempra Infrastructure could delay a final investment decision (FID) to expand the Cameron LNG facility in Louisiana to avoid further impacts from a mounting labor and supply crunch for projects on the Gulf Coast. The liquefied natural gas infrastructure unit of San Diego-based Sempra had been targeting the completion of a competitive front-end engineering and…

DOE Denies Lake Charles LNG Request to Extend Start of Exports
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 Green Lights Port Arthur LNG in Second U.S. FID This Month
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…

FERC Authorizes Amended Design for Sempra’s Cameron LNG Expansion
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Sempra Infrastructure’s amended design for the expansion of its Cameron LNG facility as the firm aims for a final investment decision (FID) this summer for the project. In early 2022, Sempra filed a request to amend the approval for its proposed 6.75 million metric tons/year expansion of the…

European Demand Changes Priorities for Sempra’s Future Mexico LNG Expansions
Sempra Infrastructure’s construction of a Mexico LNG terminal is on track as it furthers partnerships in the country, but future Pacific Coast export expansions may take a backseat to its Gulf Coast projects. The first phase of Energia Costa Azul (ECA) LNG in Baja California should be completed in the summer of 2025, Sempra Infrastructure…

Sempra Pursues Two Gulf Coast FIDs as European Demand Reshuffles ‘Pecking Order’
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…