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LNG Transportation

US LNG exports rebound in August on higher output from Freeport LNG

Exports of U.S. melted natural gas bounced higher in August as output from the nation's secondlargest export facility increased following an interruption and maintenance activities at other plants unwind, preliminary data from financial firm LSEG revealed on Tuesday. Exports of the superchilled gas rose to 7.48 million metric heaps (MT) in August, up from the 6.69 MT in July, which marked the second-lowest month-to-month exports of the year, the LSEG information revealed. The U.S. in 2015 was the world's largest LNG exporter. In August, Freeport LNG sometimes run above nameplate capacity as it began to take advantage of its debottlenecking...

LNG Transportation

New Fortress Energy gets authorization to export LNG to non-FTA countries

New Fortress Energy said on Tuesday it has received permission from the U.S. Department of Energy to export melted natural gas from its overseas Altamirabased plant in Mexico to nonfree trade arrangement countries. According to the terms of authorization, the business can export up to nearly 1.4 million tonnes per annum of LNG to non-FTA nations from its Quick LNG 1 task for a regard to 5 years. The FLNG project had its very first output in July. In the exact same month, a federal judge had actually stopped the Democrat administration from stopping briefly approval of pending and future...

LNG Transportation

Golden Pass LNG asks US regulator for 3-year extension to complete building

The developer of a Texas melted gas export task on Wednesday asked U.S. regulators for a threeyear extension to total building of the $10 billion Golden Pass LNG task, mentioning scheduling unpredictabilities. Golden Pass LNG, a joint endeavor of QatarEnergy and Exxon Mobil building an 18 million metric heap per annual LNG export project on the Texas coast, wrote that a. change in primary professionals needs an extension until. November, 2029. Exxon and QatarEnergy this month said the job start-up. would be delayed up until late next year. The present approval. ends in November 2026 and the demand indicates a...

LNG Transportation

Tanker docks at Louisiana Plaquemines LNG plant for cooldown, says LSEG, analysts

A tanker filled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) docked at Venture Global LNG's Plaquemines export plant in Louisiana, according to delivering data from LSEG on Friday, in what energy analysts stated was an indication the plant could start up in test mode soon. The vessel named Qogir originated from Norway loaded with LNG, according to LSEG data and energy experts. LNG plants under construction, like Plaquemines, usage super-cooled fuel to test and cool equipment in preparation for start-up. After Plaquemines began pulling in percentages of natural gas from U.S. pipelines in late June, experts have actually stated the plant could...

Natural Gas Pipeline

NextDecade exploring all actions to guarantee Rio Grande LNG project construction

U.S. liquefied gas developer NextDecade stated on Wednesday it was checking out all readily available legal and regulatory choices to ensure the construction of the very first stage of its Rio Grande task in Texas. Earlier in August, a U.S. court had actually overturned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authorization for the project, for not issuing a supplemental ecological impact declaration. NextDecade said the judicial decision would not enter into result till the court released a required, which was not anticipated to occur up until the appeals process had actually been completed. If the judgment stands, the precedent set impacts...

LNG Transportation

Sources say that Woodside's offer for LNG developer Tellurian is unlikely to be matched.

Woodside Energy agreed last month People involved in the transaction said that it is unlikely that a competitor bidder will be willing to match the $1.2 billion price tag, including the debt, to purchase Tellurian. The developer of an approved U.S. LNG project. The Driftwood project is in trouble and taking it over would be a good idea Woodside's Ambition People said that Tellurian, an Australian company, had no competition to become the largest independent LNG producer in the world, despite its eight-year effort to attract investors to the project, for which it claimed to have spent $1.5 billion. Woodside’s...

LNG Transportation

Cheniere Energy misses out on core earnings approximates on lower LNG margins

Cheniere Energy missed secondquarter core profit estimates on Thursday, as weaker margins harmed the liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer. Lower gas prices, which are down about 16%. this year due to greater global stocks and lower need. forecasts, injured the company's LNG delivery margins. LNG income fell to $3.04 billion in the quarter ended June. 30 from $3.92 billion a year earlier, and Cheniere's changed. core profit of $1.32 billion missed LSEG quote of $1.35. billion. Cheniere's partially raised full-year core profit forecast. of $5.7 billion to $6.1 billion, up from $5.5 billion to $6. billion previously, also came listed...

LNG Transportation

Cheniere strikes twenty years LNG handle Portugal's Galp Energia

Cheniere Energy said on Monday it has accepted supply 0.5 million tonnes per annum of melted natural gas to a subsidiary of Galp Energia for 20 years. Deliveries are expected to start in the early 2030s, however are dependent on the approval for an additional liquefaction unit ( Train Eight) for Cheniere's Sabine Pass Liquefaction Growth Project. As part of the deal, Galp will also buy some LNG freights from Cheniere before train 8 starts. CONTEXT Sabine Pass currently runs six liquefaction trains, each with a production capacity of approximately 5 mtpa of LNG. An expansion project is underway to...

LNG Transportation

Freeport LNG nears end of growth that will increase output

U.S. liquefied gas designer Freeport LNG expects to increase production beyond its 15.3 million metric ton per year (MTPA) capability as it concludes an growth project, the company said on Friday. Freeport LNG runs the second-largest U.S. processing plant and its ups and downs have led to gas-price swings in the United States and Europe. We have securely completed the large majority of the work associated to our debottlenecking task and are working to carry out the advantages of those efforts, a Freeport representative informed Reuters on Friday. The representative did not say what the capability would be when the...

LNG Transportation

United States LNG exports fall again in July on Freeport LNG's slow restart

U.S. LNG exports plunged in July to the secondlowest level of this year, LSEG ship tracking data revealed, as Freeport LNG shut for 8 days after suffering damage from Cyclone Beryl. Texas-based Freeport LNG is the nation's second-largest LNG export center, and its production troubles in the last few years have actually played an important function in swings in U.S. gas and international LNG rates. The U.S. exported 6.69 million metric loads (MT) of LNG in July, compared to 7.11 MT in June and 7.60 MT in May, initial data from LSEG showed. The 6.69 MT is the second-lowest reading...

LNG Transportation

Hedge funds sweeten takeover quote for energy company Martin Midstream, letter states

Hedge funds Nut Tree Capital Management and Caspian Capital have actually made a sweetened bid to acquire fuels storage and transporter Martin Midstream Partners, according to a letter seen on Monday. The new offer would offer unitholders of Martin Midstream $ 4.50 per unit in cash and worth the company at almost $176. million, up from the $4 per system quote from the hedge funds on. July 11. The offer is the current attempt from the hedge funds to. prevent a rival takeover quote from Martin Midstream's biggest. shareholder, Martin Resource Management Corporation (MRMC),. which has actually used $3.05 per...

LNG Transportation

Texas tanker traffic jam grows on sluggish Freeport LNG reboot after Beryl

The variety of liquefied gas (LNG) tankers waiting to load at Freeport LNG in Texas has actually increased since the U.S. second largest exporter of the supercooled gas halted processing ahead of Typhoon Beryl's. landfall recently, according to delivering data on Thursday. Beryl made landfall on July 8 near Matagorda, on the Texas. coast, lashing the state with 80-mph (130-kph) winds that caused. facilities damages and left more than 2 million clients. without electricity for days. Ports and energy business in lots of coastal cities, including. Freeport, suffered wind damage and sluggish repair of power. Freeport LNG, which shut its...

Europe

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Sanctioned tanker with Arctic LNG 2 cargo moving east along Northern Sea Route, data programs

A liquefied gas tanker approved by the U.S. has actually been moving east from the Arctic LNG 2 plant along Russia's Northern Sea Path, LSEG ship tracking information revealed on Monday. Washington has recently imposed additional sanctions versus Russia for its war with Ukraine, including versus Arctic LNG 2, an important center for the Kremlin's drive to boost Russia's. share of the global LNG market to a 5th by 2030-2035. According to the LSEG information, Everest Energy, which came under. U.S. sanctions last month, was packed with LNG at the Arctic LNG. 2 site and is now on its method...

LNG Transportation

Data shows that a tanker is linked to berths sanctioned by a firm at Russia's Arctic LNG 2 facility.

Ship tracking data revealed that a liquefied gas (LNG), tanker owned by an Indian firm, which was sanctioned last month by the United States for helping Russia in its war against Ukraine, berthed Friday at the Arctic LNG 2, a Russian LNG plant. LSEG data shows the Everest Energy parked at the plant, and its arrival confirms that the plant continues to export LNG. The tanker was managed by Mumbai's Ocean Speedstar Solutions OPC. They did not respond immediately to a comment request. Novatek, which owns 60% of the Arctic LNG 2 project and is also a party to Western...

LNG Transportation

US enforces sanctions on companies, vessels linked to Arctic LNG 2

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on two business and two vessels linked to Russia's. Arctic LNG 2 project, its newest step to include costs on Moscow for. its intrusion of Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said it had actually imposed sanctions on Gotik. Energy Shipping Co and Plio Energy Freight Shipping. Treasury stated. Gotik is the registered owner and Plio Energy is the commercial. supervisor of the melted gas carrier New Energy. The U.S. State Department stated New Energy used misleading. delivering practices, including turning off its automated. identification system, to fill freight from the U.S.-sanctioned. Arctic LNG 2 task....

East Asia

LNG Transportation

Asia area costs increase on supply concerns, geopolitical tensions

Asian area melted natural gas (LNG) prices increased this week as outages in LNG facilities in Australia and Malaysia sparked supply concerns, although buying interests from China remained limited due to greater cost levels. The typical LNG price for October delivery into north-east Asia was at $14.00 per million British thermal units ( mmBtu), industry sources estimated, up from $$ 13.80/ mmBtu last week. LNG supply concerns helped to support rates in Asia and Europe. The unplanned downtime at Australia's Ichthys impacting one train is set to last into October and restraints to production at Malaysia's Bintulu are understood to...