LNG

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. In the last decade, monumental infrastructure projects in Mexico have changed the landscape of the natural gas industry. The Ramones system bringing…

Magnolia LNG LLC has filed for a new authorization to export the super-chilled fuel from its proposed facility in Louisiana, the second U.S. project to do so since U.S. regulators said in April they wouldn’t issue extensions to start operations in most cases. The Glenfarne Energy Transition LLC affiliate withdrew its request on Nov. 29…

The heating season has arrived and utilities are drawing substantially more natural gas from storage to get furnaces cranking. But prices remain subdued. What gives? First and foremost: Natural gas production spiked about 4 Bcf/d this year and reached record levels above 106 Bcf/d in November. Output remains close to the all-time high in early…

High inventories, a bearish demand outlook and forecasts of a mild winter have failed to limit European LNG imports.  Although Kpler data shows the continent’s total liquefied natural gas intake year-to-date has fallen to 113.68 million tons (Mt) from 114.95 Mt, LNG is still expected to make up around 43% of the European Union’s total…

Australia’s two largest energy companies confirmed Thursday that they’re in preliminary discussions to explore merging in a deal that could create one of the world’s leading LNG exporters.  Woodside Energy Group Ltd. and Santos Ltd. cautioned, however, that the discussions are in very advanced stages, but no deal is close to being reached. Both companies…

Jera Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power producer, has secured three LNG cargoes to ensure winter demand is met through February 2024 in a purchase made as part of the government’s plan for a strategic reserve of the super-chilled fuel.  Previously, only commercial stocks of liquefied natural gas were held in Japan. Now, like the country’s…

Natural gas futures continued to lose ground early Thursday as milder-trending forecasts did little to repair the damage dealt by a material weakening in export demand expectations heading into next year. After plunging 14.1 cents on Wednesday, the January Nymex contract was down another 3.2 cents to $2.537/MMBtu at around 8:30 a.m. ET. Futures sold…

Natural gas futures tanked at midmorning Wednesday after news of the delayed completion of a major LNG export facility accelerated earlier losses driven by healthy production and lackluster weather-related demand. At A Glance: January natural gas sinks 14.1 cents Golden Pass LNG “mechanical completion” delayed Cash sinks on futures, weather The front-month natural gas futures…

Woodside is further diversifying its LNG portfolio with more U.S.-sourced gas from a new supply agreement with Mexico Pacific Ltd. (MPL), tallying another major offtaker for the proposed Mexican terminal. Woodside has inked a 20-year, 1.3 million metric ton/year (mmty) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for offtake from the Saguaro Energia LNG terminal on a…