LNG Insight

The estimated restart of Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest LNG plant has moved again, this time to next Wednesday (June 14), according to Norway’s gas network operator Gassco AS.

Repsol SA continues to push U.S. regulators for access to confidential documents filed by Venture Global LNG Inc. detailing the prolonged commissioning process at the Calcasieu Pass export terminal that has delayed commercial operations and the delivery of cargoes under long-term contracts. In April, Madrid-based Repsol filed a motion to participate in FERC’s ongoing oversight…

As Commonwealth LNG LLC awaits its last regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), management said it has also entered the final stages of commercializing the more than 9 million metric tons/year (mmty) project ahead of a final investment decision (FID) later this year. Executive Chairman Paul Varello told NGI the company is…

Indonesia may prohibit new LNG export contracts and contract renewals in the future to divert gas to meet domestic industrial demand, a government official said. “We have been exporting LNG for many years, but now we need it, as it turns out. We don’t want to export anymore,” Indonesia’s Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister…

Natural gas prices will rise this summer as power sector demand increases and production growth slows, according to updated projections from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). After averaging $2.15/MMBtu in May, Henry Hub spot prices will climb to an average of slightly above $2.60 for 3Q2023, EIA said in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO),…

China is on track to re-export the highest annual amount of LNG since it started importing the super-chilled fuel in 2006 as the country’s major buyers get more active in the spot market and domestic demand remains weak. According to Kpler data, China has sold more than 0.40 million tons (Mt) of LNG year-to-date, up…

European natural gas prices surged on Monday, lifted by a jump in other commodities and ongoing competition for LNG amid a tightening pool of supplies.  The prompt Title Transfer Facility (TTF) contract surged by more than 20% to finish at nearly $9/MMBtu. Monday’s sharp spike came after nine straight weeks of losses, when TTF fell…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) said last week it has obtained an export permit from Mexico’s energy ministry Sener for the offshore Altamira Fast LNG project.  The permit allows NFE to export up to 7.8 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas through April 2028, “providing ample capacity to support the operations” of the 1.4…

A federal court in Oklahoma has ordered Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Midship Pipeline Co. LLC to pay landowners nearly $170,000 plus interest for the use of private land during the pipeline’s construction.  The pipeline started flowing up to 1.1 Bcf/d of natural gas in April 2020. However, area landowners in August 2021 said pipeline construction had…