LNG

The global markets need more natural gas than ever before, which requires more liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from well supplied countries like Canada and the United States, Chevron Corp.’s gas and midstream chief said Friday.

Florida-based Ryder System Inc., the truck leasing/rental giant, announced plans to provide 30 compressednatural gas (CNG) trucks to third-party warehousing/transportation providerSaddle Creek at its facilities in Texas and Louisiana, and another 55 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks for clean transportation infrastructure/vehicle provider Blu in Utah and Georgia. The CNG-fueled trucks going to Saddle Creek are Freightliner Cascadia models (11.9 Cummins Westport ISX12 G engines). There are also 35 LNG Peterbilt 386 tractors for Blu in Salt Lake City, with 15-liter high pressure direct injection engines and fuel systems from Westport Innovations. In Atlanta, Ryder is providing Blu with Peterbilt 384 and Freightliner Cascadia trucks operating on LNG, Ryder’s first natural gas vehicles in the state. Delivery of the trucks is slated for the first quarter of 2013. Ryder and Blu said they have also reached an agreement to provide LNG fueling infrastructure at key Ryder facilities.

Another 2.88 Tcf has been added to Canadian hopes for overseas sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the next quarter-century, swelling the industry total to 158.08 Tcf.

A consortium involving units of General Electric Corp. (GE) and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced Wednesday the first in a series of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities they hope to develop will be sited in Florida.

Commercial and industrial customers of Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Carib Energy unit in Puerto Rico soon could be enjoying lower energy costs, thanks to cheap liquefied natural gas (LNG) delivered via container from the mainland United States. But savings for prospective customers in Central and South America and the Caribbean are being delayed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) conditional approvals of permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries may not pass muster in the financial and legal sectors, an industry executive told an audience of energy attorneys Wednesday.

Noting that the United States is in the midst of an energy transformation, a new nonprofit launched by industry and business groups, Our Energy Moment (OEM), is hitting the streets to advocate for increased shale resource exploration, aswell as U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted long-term, multi-contract authorization to Venture Global LNG LLC to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to free trade agreement countries (FTA) from a proposed terminal in Cameron Parish, LA.

A company planning to build a diamond mine in north central Quebec said it will generate electric power and heat for its operations onsite with liquefied natural gas (LNG). The option of trucked-in LNG won out over a diesel-fueled power plant and a proposal to connect to the grid via a long distance power transmission line.