Infrastructure

Feed gas demand was disrupted at the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Texas last week after the facility reported an outage to state regulators. The LNG terminal east of Houston, on Quintana Island near Freeport, experienced an outage at the Train 1 liquefaction unit last week. The outage led to a cooldown and…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. The year 2022 is littered with risk for economic activity in Mexico. The persistence of an inflationary environment, the expectation of meager…

Russian aggression toward Ukraine continued to stress European alliances and global natural gas prices Friday following the defeat of sanctions for the 5.3 Bcf/d Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline in the Senate. The sanctions – brought by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Thursday night as part of a deal with Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New…

Harvest Midstream is poised to take full ownership of some South Texas crude oil transportation and logistics assets as it seeks to expand services for upstream and downstream customers in the Eagle Ford Shale. The privately held midstream company announced a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Arrowhead ST Holdings…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a pull of 179 Bcf natural gas from storage for the week ended Jan. 7, the largest so far this winter and in line with expectations. Nymex natural gas futures, already down in morning trading following a four-day rally, held deep in the red after the print. Ahead…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed 2022-2023 budget proposal to continue confronting the state’s “greatest existential threats” – the pandemic and climate change – while bolstering economic growth. Specifically for energy, Newsom’s ambition under his California Blueprint is to create “an oil-free future” for California by reducing the state’s reliance on fossil fuels while…

In updated forecasting stretching to 2023, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday laid out a vision of rising natural gas production and exports alongside moderating U.S. prices. Natural gas spot prices at Henry Hub averaged $3.91/MMBtu for 2021, the agency said in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). This year and next should bring…

For this upcoming year, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed constitutional energy reform – whether it gets enough votes to pass or not – will set the tone of his political agenda, according to analysts and experts in the field.

Houston’s Enterprise Products Partners LP has agreed to acquire Navitas Midstream Partners LLC for $3.25 billion, giving the giant partnership an entry point in the Permian Basin of West Texas and an additional 1 Bcf/d of natural gas processing capacity. The agreement to acquire Navitas, headquartered north of Houston in The Woodlands, could be completed…