Infrastructure

Think U.S. natural gas consumption is declining? Think again. In some parts of the country, efforts to stem the growth of natural gas have gone askew, a signal that the future of the abundant, low-carbon fuel may not be in jeopardy. The fact is, consumers like natural gas, American Gas Association (AGA) CEO Karen Harbert…

Tellurian Inc. is looking to join the wave of Gulf Coast LNG developers partnering with exploration and production (E&P) companies on tolling agreements to raise international exposure, executive chairman Martin Houston said Tuesday. In a letter to shareholders, the Houston-based company’s co-founder said Tellurian’s marketing team had spent last week meeting with potential customers and…

Mexican state utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and French multinational Engie SA through its subsidiary Energia Mayakan signed an agreement to double the capacity on the Mayakan natural gas pipeline serving the Yucatán Peninsula. Energía Mayakan will be in charge of the development and construction of the project. The pipeline’s current capacity of 250…

The owners of the Whistler Pipeline system and the developers of the planned Rio Bravo Pipeline project are joining forces to connect Permian Basin natural gas supply with Gulf Coast LNG export markets.  WhiteWater Midstream, I Squared Capital, MPLX LP and Enbridge Inc. have agreed to combine Whistler and Rio Bravo in a new joint…

FERC last week granted approval for a pair of natural gas pipeline projects, including Enbridge Inc.’s East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC (ETNG) and Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Co. LLC, aka Transco. ETNG’s System Alignment (SA) Program is designed to improve reliability in response to shifts in customer demand that have created imbalances on…

Propelled by its latest tentative offtake agreements, Glenfarne Energy Transition LLC is looking to close deals on the remaining volumes of its 4 million metric ton/year (mmty) Texas LNG project by the end of July. With the heads of agreement (HOA) with Gunvor Group Ltd. disclosed earlier in the month, Glenfarne has 3 mmty in…

Expanding the use of natural gas tapped from Mexico’s abundant reserves would help to reduce the carbon intensity throughout many areas of the economy, said Jeremy Martin, vice president of Energy & Sustainability at the Institute of Americas. During the upcoming elections, however, Mexicans will decide whether they want more of the same or a…

A possible fourth train for Freeport LNG is expected to remain in the development phase for now, but the facility could export an additional 1.5 million metric tons/year (mmty) to the spot market by this summer, CEO Michael Smith said Wednesday. One train at the Texas facility is currently offline and another could have intermittent…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub and Flow, in which NGI’s Chris Lenton, senior editor of Mexico and Latin America, sits down with Rosanety Barrios, who heads the energy team for Mexican presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.  Barrios details how Mexico’s energy sector, including state companies Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)…