Op-Ed Criticizes Alaska Governor’s Approach to Developing LNG Export Project
Posted on Nov 30, 2011 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed Criticizes Alaska Governor’s Approach to Developing LNG Export Project
An op-ed carried in the Alaska Dispatch today criticizes Gov. Sean Parnell’s (R-Alaska) approach to developing an LNG export project for Alaska’s North Slope natural gas reserves. Governor Parnell has called for a natural gas pipeline and an LNG liquefaction facility in southern Alaska to process and ship the state’s gas to Asia, but the author of the op-ed argues...
Industry Analyst Suggests Chinese Gas Buyers Could Turn to U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Nov 23, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Industry Analyst Suggests Chinese Gas Buyers Could Turn to U.S. LNG Exports
An analyst for Societe Generale said this week that he expects Chinese natural gas buyers to be more attracted to U.S. LNG exports than a gas supply agreement with Russia’s Gazprom. Read more in Platts LNG Daily. [Subscription...
Apache Expects Contracts for Kitimat LNG Will Be Finalized in Q1 2012
Posted on Nov 22, 2011 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Apache Expects Contracts for Kitimat LNG Will Be Finalized in Q1 2012
A representative for Apache told an industry conference in Rome that he expects LNG sale and purchase agreements and front end engineering and design contracts for the Kitimat LNG export project to be finalized in the first quarter of 2012. Read more in Platts LNG Daily [subscription...
Cheniere Signs LNG Export Contract with Gas Natural Fenosa
Posted on Nov 22, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere Signs LNG Export Contract with Gas Natural Fenosa
Cheniere Energy and Gas Natural Fenosa announced last night that they have agreed to an LNG export arrangement via the Sabine Pass LNG facility. The contract calls for Cheniere to sell 3.5 Mtpa to Gas Natural over a term of 20 years. Cheniere CEO Charif Souki noted in a statement that this agreement, coupled with a similar agreement with BG, will support the construction of the first...
Asian Gas Consumers Interested in Western Canada’s LNG Projects
Posted on Nov 21, 2011 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Asian Gas Consumers Interested in Western Canada’s LNG Projects
Pat Bell, Jobs Minister for the Province of British Columbia, returned from a recent visit to China impressed with the level of interest expressed by potential Chinese purchasers in the LNG export projects planned for Western Canada. He told CFTK TV that he heard expressions of interest from Sinopec, PetroChina, and Shell’s Chinese subsidiary. Separately, an official for Encana...
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce Poll Finds Majority of Business Community Support LNG Project Development in the Province
Posted on Nov 18, 2011 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on British Columbia Chamber of Commerce Poll Finds Majority of Business Community Support LNG Project Development in the Province
The Vancouver Sun reports that 57% of the British Columbia business community would like to see the province become a global leader in the LNG sector, according to a poll conducted for the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Discussing the results of the survey, John Winter, president of the group, said that additional efforts to educate the business community about the advantages of...