Op-Ed: Natural Gas Supply For Sempra Has Other Possible Destinations
Posted on Nov 29, 2007 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Natural Gas Supply For Sempra Has Other Possible Destinations
Citing a Sempra Energy spokesperson, an op-ed carried by the Long Beach Press Telegram warns that a portion of Sempra’s supplies from the Tangguh gas field in Indonesia, approximately half of the total supplies for Sempra’s Energia Costa Azul project, may be diverted to Japan. The piece goes on to suggest that the California Public Utilities Commission may want to take this...
Trinidad’s Mango Gas Field Begins Production
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 in E&P, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Trinidad’s Mango Gas Field Begins Production
BP announced today that it has begun production from its Mango gas field in Trinidad and Tobago. Mango is connected to the Atlantic LNG liquefaction plant and will deliver 750 Mmcf for export and domestic use. Marketwatch offers additional...
Local Official Encourages Gas Exploration Near Kenai Peninsula
Posted on Nov 15, 2007 in E&P, Liquefaction, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Official Encourages Gas Exploration Near Kenai Peninsula
According to the Homer News, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor John Williams told attendees at the 28th Annual Conference of the Resource Development Council in Anchorage, Alaska, that the region’s current reserves might be depleted within 14 years, assuming the U.S. Department of Energy allows the Nikiski LNG plant to continue exporting natural gas. Supporting the LNG...
Company Prefers Valdez LNG Port to Alaska-Canada Gas Pipeline
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 in E&P, Liquefaction, Pipelines | Comments Off on Company Prefers Valdez LNG Port to Alaska-Canada Gas Pipeline
The Alaska Gasline Port Authority plans to submit a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline from fields on Alaska’s North Slope for export by LNG at the port of Valdez. This proposal is one of many outlined by the Anchorage Daily News as discussions continue regarding the potential of transporting Alaskan gas to markets throughout North...
Sempra Energy Contemplating Liquefaction Projects
Posted on Oct 30, 2007 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Energy Contemplating Liquefaction Projects
Sempra LNG CEO Darcel Hulse told the Associated Press (carried via the Houston Chronicle) that the company would consider upstream liquefaction projects if it can find the right partner. Hulse said, “We’re not an upstream producer, but we’re not opposed to developing the necessary infrastructure.” Hulse also noted that the company’s Port Arthur LNG project...
Mexico Considers Overseas Investment to Ensure LNG Supply
Posted on Oct 26, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Mexico Considers Overseas Investment to Ensure LNG Supply
Reuters reports that Juan Granados Zuniga, an executive with Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), said that Mexico may consider investing in overseas gas wells and liquefaction projects to ensure future LNG supplies. “That’s in the long term…[p]lanning in Mexico takes a long time,” Granado Zuniga noted. CFE expects to build an LNG import...