LNG

Shipowener Crowley Maritime Corp. said Wednesday it is partnering with Royal Dutch Shell plc to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge to serve vessels powered by the super-chilled fuel on the East Coast starting in 2024. The 416-foot-long barge is designed to offer capacity for 12,000 cubic meters of LNG and product supply…

Natural gas futures on Thursday reached a 2021 high for a third straight session, bolstered by still weak production levels following Hurricane Ida and fresh government inventory data that punctuated worries about anemic storage supplies. At A Glance: Futures extend rally to three days EIA storage print proves bullish Production low in Ida’s wake The…

Southwestern Energy Co. has completed its $2.7 billion takeover of Haynesville Shale pure-play Indigo Natural Resources LLC. The deal completed Wednesday gives Southwestern a sizable footprint in the resurgent Louisiana play, improving the firm’s access to Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) export markets. “This acquisition materially expands our opportunity set, adding high-margin Haynesville production…

Fitch Ratings Inc. has substantially raised its Henry Hub and European natural gas price assumptions through 2022, citing “strong year-to-date prices, recovering demand and supply challenges.” “U.S. gas prices have…benefited from heightened weather-driven demand, as well as U.S. dry and associated gas production discipline,” the credit ratings analysts said, adding that liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Venture Global LNG Inc. said Thursday it had finalized a deal that would make it the top U.S. supplier of the super-chilled fuel to Poland. A sale and purchase agreement (SPA) signed Thursday in Warsaw calls for Polish Oil and Gas Co. (PGNiG) to buy 2 million metric tons/year (mmty)…

Natural gas futures jumped higher Wednesday, building on the prior day’s gains, as traders absorbed news of the production disruption imposed by Hurricane Ida and fixated on the specter of inadequate inventories ahead of winter. At A Glance: Futures hit fresh 2021 high Production remained precarious Storage concerns festered The October Nymex contract surged 23.8…

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida to the U.S. Gulf Coast and offshore became clearer on Wednesday, as oil and natural gas operations sputtered to restart. However, only a few customers in New Orleans on Wednesday were able to turn the lights on, as power outages remained widespread along the coast. Reports indicated it could…

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer New Fortress Energy Inc. is reviving plans to build a $766 million import terminal in Ireland, this time with a “future-proofed” design that would allow it to transition to hydrogen gas in the coming years. A spokesperson for New Fortress said last week the company plans to file a…

Macquarie Energy Canada Ltd., using a virtual market, is expanding the ethically produced natural gas trade, aka responsibly sourced gas (RSG), with the sale of British Columbia (BC) production to Montreal-based distribution company Energir. The Macquarie unit used a virtual market created by Xpansiv CBL Holding Group (XCHG), trademarked as the Xpansiv Digital Fuels Registry,…