US Energy Department: Two LNG reviews must be waited for by regulator
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it will not be able to finish its reviews of two proposed liquefied gas export terminals planned for Louisiana until an independent regulatory agency completes their environmental assessments of these projects. The Department of Energy said that it must wait until the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has completed its work to review…
Serica Energy reduces full-year production forecast due to Triton Outage
Serica Energy, a UK-based company, said Tuesday that it expected full-year production will be lower than previous estimates following an outage in its Triton hub located in the North Sea. Serica stated in a press release that following the suspension of Triton production on October 26, there was an extended outage due to problems with the compression capability for gas export. Last month, the company reported that the Triton floating storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)…
Kremlin claims new U.S. Sanctions are an attempt by the U.S. to halt Russian gas exports
The Kremlin said on Friday that the new U.S. Sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank are an attempt by Washington, to hinder the Russian gas export. However, a solution will be found. Washington imposed new restrictions on Gazprombank Thursday, which prevent it from completing any new energy transactions that could affect the U.S. Financial System. It also banned its trade with Americans as well as freezing its U.S. Assets.
Freeport LNG liquefaction train at Texas export plant shuts
Freeport LNG reported to state regulators on Thursday that one of the three liquefaction train at its export plant in Texas was shut down on Wednesday. Freeport stated that Train 3 was tripped during operation due to a problem with a lube-oil pump. This caused an emissions event which lasted for more than 11 hour from Wednesday evening until early Thursday morning. The state report did not include any details about the company's plans to restart. U.S. Natural Gas Futures fell after the news.
US natgas exports to LNG plants are on track to reach a 9-month high
According to data provided by financial firm LSEG, the amount of gas going to seven large U.S. liquefied gas export plants is on track to reach a new nine-month record on Thursday. This was due to feedgas reaching multi-week records at a few plants. Energy market is concerned about feedgas flow to U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas plants, because in recent years exports were the largest source of growth for the gas industry. In 2023, the U.S.
US oil industry calls on Trump to abandon Biden's climate policies
The U.S. Oil and Gas Industry on Tuesday called for President-elect Donald Trump's revocation of many policies implemented by President Joe Biden to combat climate change. They said the measures threatened jobs, consumer choices and energy security. The American Petroleum Institute, the nation's largest oil and gas trade association, has urged the incoming Trump administration to remove vehicle emission standards designed to encourage the auto industry to make more electric vehicles.
Sempra misses its profit forecast due to higher costs and lower utility earnings
Sempra, a U.S. energy company, missed Wall Street's third-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday due to higher interest costs and lower earnings in its utility businesses of Texas and California. Utilities are ramping up investments in their projects amid booming demand from data centers to power the artificial-intelligence wave, but elevated interest rates in the United States are eating into the companies' margins.
Equinor is preparing to assess Sleipner B damages
Equinor, a Norwegian company, said it would survey the damage to its Sleipner B platform in the North Sea on Wednesday. The platform was closed late Monday night after a smoke alarm was raised in an electrical installation. Equinor, according to a spokesperson for the company, continued to meet its gas supply obligations to Europe on Wednesday by pumping additional gas from other fields. The spokesperson said that two emergency vessels doused Sleipner in seawater Tuesday…
Drill, baby, drill in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale lands!
Argentina's new, market-friendly government, and concerns about oil supplies from the Middle East, and elsewhere, are driving a boom in drilling and production in the Patagonian South, which is home to the giant Vaca Muerta shale, Spanish for "Dead Cow". In the flat, arid terrain, the production of shale oil and gas is surging. Fracking wells have been drilled in record numbers, and pipelines have…
Tanzania builds grid interconnector to Zambia to mitigate power crisis
Tanzania's vice prime minister announced at the Singapore International Energy Week on Monday that Tanzania will build a grid-interconnector with Zambia in order to assist in reducing a power crisis caused by a drought. "We already have interconnectors in place with our neighbours Burundi and Kenya, but now we're putting up one with Zambia. This will allow us to help our neighbor, Zambia, who is suffering from a severe drought," said Doto Biteko. He is also the Energy Minister.
Canadian Natural Gas Companies eager to capitalize on the LNG boom flood the market with excess supply
Analysts said that a huge LNG Canada terminal, led by Shell, could struggle to raise Canadian natural-gas prices dramatically when it begins operating next year, because of a glut of supply waiting to be released. Storage was full, and the price of a million British thermal unit (mmBtu), which had been at a high for two years, dropped to 5 Canadian cents in late September. The slump hurts producers…
Woodside completes Tellurian acquisition for $1.2 billion
Woodside Energy announced on Wednesday that it had completed the acquisition, including the debt, of U.S. Gulf Coast Liquefied Natural Gas export project developer Tellurian. Tellurian's shareholders voted last week in favor of the proposed acquisition by Australian energy producer. Woodside has announced that it is renaming the Driftwood Louisiana LNG opportunity to Woodside Louisiana LNG. The company stated that it aims to be ready for a final investment decision (FID)…
Venture Global doesn't need any more time from BP to begin production, BP says to regulators
BP Plc, the oil and gas producer, told federal regulators that it had reviewed confidential documents and did not believe Venture Global LNG needed more time to start commercial production. Calcasieu Pass, a plant owned by Venture Global LNG, has been the subject of a longstanding dispute involving BP and Shell regarding access to liquefied gas produced at the plant. Venture Global will become the second-largest U.S.
Freeport LNG Targets Year End for Full Operations After Fire
Freeport LNG, one of the largest operators of liquefied natural gas export plants in the United States,on Tuesday said last week's fire damage to its Texas plant would keep it fully offline until September with only partial operation through to the year end.Natural gas prices slumped in the United States and soared in Europe on the lengthier shutdown as the Quintana, Texas, facility produces roughly 20% of U.S.
Shell to Exit Lake Charles LNG Project
Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it will exit the Lake Charles liquefied natural gas export project in Louisiana, citing the plunge in oil prices due to the coronavirus pandemic.The project is a 50-50 venture with U.S. midstream company Energy Transfer, which said in a separate statement it will take over development of the project.(Reporting by Shradha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)
Oil Giants Set Health Checks, Work-from-home Rules
Major energy companies in the United States imposed work-from-home rules for office staff and began health checks for remote or critical workers as coronavirus spread and threatened an industry reeling from falling demand and profits.BP, Exxon Mobil, Kinder Morgan, Motiva Enterprises and Royal Dutch Shell told most office staff to work from home starting Monday. Federal regulators on Friday were pressed by companies to ease work rules for pipeline operators and to limit visits to some sites.
Saudi Aramco Launches Largest Shale Gas Development Outside US
Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power generation plants, Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser told Reuters on Monday.The world's top crude oil exporter has for years battled for market share with rapidly expanding shale oil producers in the United States, which in just a decade have…
Equinor Eyes Brazil Natural Gas Infrastructure
Norway's Equinor ASA is scouting locations on Brazil's coast to install new natural gas infrastructure, the company's Brazil chief said, as the firm's gas-heavy offshore fields come on-line in the coming years.Natural gas is considered both a promising opportunity and a vexing problem in Brazil. The Latin American oil powerhouse is rapidly developing a prolific oil area off the nation's southeastern coast known as the pre-salt.Many of the region's assets have significant amounts of natural gas…
FERC Approves Plaquemines LNG Facility
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the construction of Venture Global's proposed $8.5 billion Plaquemines liquefied natural gas export facility in Louisiana. Venture Global LNG to build an LNG Plaquemines export terminal and a gas pipeline between the terminal and the interstate gas network.PGNiG will receive liquefied natural gas from this terminal from 2023.“We congratulate…
Gassco Urges to Boost Barents Sea Gas Export
Norwegian state-owned natural gas pipelines operator Gassco published a study saying that it could be profitable to increase the transport capacity for gas.According to the study regarding the transport of gas from the southern Barents Sea several gas transport options from the Barents Sea, including a new pipeline, could prove profitable with today’s known resources.The report, "Assessment of gas transport alternatives in the southern Barents Sea"…
