LNG

Investors dreaming of big returns from exporting North American natural gas may have to wait for a payoff because of overbuilding, a leading authority said in a new analysis.

FERC on Thursday approved a request from Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (SPL) and Sabine Pass LNG to increase the maximum peak day liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export capacity for Trains 1-4 at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal to 2.76 Bcf/d.

British Columbia’s (BC) government vowed Tuesday to ensure its embryo liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry grows up by refraining from taxes that weaken the competitive strength of Pacific coast export projects.

Marlborough, MA-based Clear Energy plans to build a $100 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility for domestic peaking use near Northumberland, NH, a company official recently told the town’s Board of Selectmen.

The second-biggest Canadian contender to break into the overseas trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) has picked a site for its entry in the long lineup of proposals to build export terminals on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said Wednesday it supports federal budget measures announced Tuesday to grow Canada’s skilled trades workforce, noting that hundreds of thousands of workers will be needed to support the country’s growing oil and natural gas sector.

Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG LLC has received conditional approval to export liquefied domestic natural gas to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.

The window is closing on the opportunity to export liquefied U.S. natural gas to world markets and the U.S. Department of Energy should approve all remaining export license applications by the end of the year, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said in a report released Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently granted Cheniere Energy Partners LP’s Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (SPL) authorization to export 314 Bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year from its existing Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement (FTA).