Sempra

Mexico was set to receive its first cargo of carbon offset liquefied natural gas on Friday (July 16), according to a Thursday announcement by BP plc and Sempra.  Subsidiaries of the firms inked a contract for delivery of the cargo to Sempra’s Energía Costa Azul (ECA) terminal on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…

Sempra has scaled back plans to expand the Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Louisiana, citing design innovations and the “high performance” of the existing three-train plant. The expansion originally called for two trains and two new storage tanks, adding 9.97 million metric tons per year (mmty) of capacity. However, Sempra (formerly Sempra…

Energy producers and advocates in the Rockies region are looking south of the border for Pacific Coast market options as the outlook for a Western U.S. export facility appears increasingly unlikely. With development of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Oregon on pause following regulatory setbacks, the Sempra Energy-led Energia Costa Azul…

Global investment firm KKR is buying a stake in a Sempra Energy business unit that manages liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on the Gulf Coast and in Mexico as it anticipates growth in North American energy infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, KKR will pay  $3.37 billion for a 20% non-controlling interest…

Sempra Energy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to unify its U.S. and Mexico subsidiaries that own liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets. The move to combine Sempra LNG and Mexican firm Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) comes after the San Diego-based operator last month funded construction of the $2 billion Energia Costa Azul (ECA) LNG export terminal,…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday extended through 2050 three long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export licenses to countries without free-trade agreements (FTA). The extensions were issued for two Cheniere Energy Inc. facilities, Sabine Pass LNG in Louisiana and Corpus Christi LNG in South Texas. Sempra Energy’s proposed Port Arthur LNG terminal east…

A Sempra Energy affiliate has launched a binding open season soliciting bids for additional long-term firm transportation service on the Texas Connector Project, which would link the proposed Port Arthur liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility to various interstate pipelines.  The 34.2 mile-system was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last year and its…

A Sempra Energy affiliate has launched a nonbinding open season to gauge interest in natural gas storage capacity that would feed export terminals on the Gulf Coast.  Sempra LNG launched the open season Tuesday for its proposed Hackberry Gas Storage project in Hackberry, LA. The facility would be on a 160-acre parcel and would include…

Mexican business chamber Confederación Patronal de la República (Coparmex) has issued a statement warning that Mexican energy policy as outlined in a memorandum from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to energy sector regulators is damaging to investor confidence at a time when the country desperately needs to jumpstart economic activity. Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP)…