Sempra to Decide on U.S., Mexican LNG Export Plants in 2020
California energy company Sempra Energy said on Thursday it expects to make final investment decisions (FID) this year to build two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants - one in the United States and one in Mexico:Sempra said it plans to make FIDs on the first phase of the Costa Azul export plant in Baja California…
Castleton Closes Shell Shale Deal
Houston-based Castleton Resources said that its subsidiary Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) has closed on the acquisition of the East Texas and North Louisiana Haynesville Shale assets of BG US Production Company LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. Pro forma for the acquisition, Castleton Resources will hold approximately 222…
Sempra Gets Okay for LNG Export in Mexico
San Diego utility company Sempra Energy Sempra Energy said that its subsidiary Energía Costa Azul (ECA) LNG received two authorizations from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export US produced natural gas to Mexico and to re-export LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement (non-FTA) with the US.Permission to export to non-free trade agreement nations such as China…
Philippines Greenlights LNG Terminal Project
Philippine power producer First Gen Corp said on Friday it has learned that the Department of Energy has approved its application for a Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the construction of its FGEN Batangas LNG Terminal Project.First Gen, which operates four power plants with a combined capacity of 2,000 megawatts running on the Philippines' Malampaya natural gas, said it has yet to received a formal n
Pertamina Ends 'Unfeasible' LNG Terminal Project
Indonesia's state owned energy holding company, Pertamina, has decided not to go ahead with what would have been the country's second land-based receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG), its chief executive said on Monday.Indonesia has forecast sharp increases in gas demand after 2020, but increases in domestic…
Phoenix Petroleum, CNOOC Partner for LNG Terminal
Philippine fuel retailer Phoenix Petroleum said it had agreed to partner with a subsidiary of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to explore building a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas in the country.The Philippines is seeking investors to build a storage and distribution facility for imported LNG as it moves to replace its Malampaya gas reserves…
First Cove Point LNG Lifting Departs Maryland
The first contractual liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Dominion Energy Inc's newly constructed Cove Point LNG export plant in Maryland in the United States left the facility on Monday, Thomson Reuters Eikon ship tracking data showed. The cargo is expected to act as a drag on spot LNG prices <LNG-AS> as it coincides…
Vessel Docks at Maryland Cove Point LNG Terminal
Gemmata could be the first vessel to pick up fuel from the facility since the tanker came from Spain - a non-LNG exporting country - with less than a full cargo, according to the shipping data. In addition to Gemmata, another vessel, the Methane Spirit, is also headed for Cove Point, according to the shipping data. Methane…
Cove Point LNG Terminal's First Export Imminent
Methane Spirit, a liquefied natural gas tanker, said on Thursday it would arrive at Dominion Energy Inc's Cove Point LNG export facility in Maryland around March 31, according to Reuters shipping data. If correct, that could be the first vessel to pick up a cargo from the LNG facility, which Virginia-based Dominion said it expects to enter service in March.
Tokyo Gas, Alaska Gasline Ink LNG LOI
Tokyo Gas Co Ltd said on Tuesday it signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) regarding the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The move follows China's biggest state oil company Sinopec, one of the country's top banks and its sovereign wealth fund agreeing last month to develop the $43 billion natural gas project in Alaska…
NYK Joins Study for LNG Bunkering in Yokohama
NYK is participating in a study launched by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to explore the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Yokohama. This study is examining the technological and infrastructural requirements for establishment of an LNG bunkering hub at the port of Yokohama to supply LNG as fuel to ships.
Tokyo Gas to Buy More LNG from the US
Tokyo Gas Co Ltd, Japan's biggest city gas supplier, said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with a unit of Mitsubishi Corp to buy about 200,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year from the Cameron project in the United States for 19 years from 2020. The three cargoes per year are bought on U.S. natural gas Henry Hub index-linked prices and will be delivered on ex-ship basis…
Tokyo Gas Inks Pact with Mitsubishi to Ship LNG from US
Tokyo Gas, Co., Ltd. today signed a heads of agreement with Diamond Gas International Pte. Ltd. which is fully owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation for sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas from the Cameron LNG project in the United States ("the Project" below). The Project is operated by Cameron LNG, a company in which MC has a stake.
Gas Engine Cogeneration System with Steam from Hot Wastewater
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Miura Co. Ltd. and Kobe Steel, Ltd. have developed a cogeneration system that recovers hot wastewater with high efficiency from a gas engine in the form of steam. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Tokyo Gas Group plan to begin selling this system in July 2015. A gas…
Japan's Bid to Forge National Grid Stumbles
After the Fukushima disaster crippled Japan's nuclear energy sector three years ago, the government pledged the biggest shake up in the history of the fragmented electricity industry to boost competition and contain a surge in power prices. But a first crucial phase of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan - to set up a national…
