Lithuanian Official Weighs in on Conditional Authorization of Cheniere LNG Exports
Posted on May 24, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Lithuanian Official Weighs in on Conditional Authorization of Cheniere LNG Exports
Following last week’s conditional authorization of LNG exports from the Sabine Pass terminal, Lithuania’s Deputy Foreign Minister Egidijus Meilunas discussed the implications of the export project with the U.S. State Department this week. He noted that U.S. LNG exports could help lower Lithuanian natural gas prices. Read more in The Baltic...
Report: U.S. LNG Exports Expected to Compete with Australian Exports After 2015
Posted on May 24, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Report: U.S. LNG Exports Expected to Compete with Australian Exports After 2015
According to The Australian, several energy analysts predict that after 2015 the United States will become a significant competitor to Australia with regard to LNG exports. Despite substantial exporting of U.S. shale gas as LNG in the coming decade, the analysts expect that Australia will remain the main supplier of LNG to Asian...
DOE Conditionally Approves Cheniere’s LNG Export Application for Non-FTA Countries
Posted on May 23, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Conditionally Approves Cheniere’s LNG Export Application for Non-FTA Countries
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy approved Cheniere Energy’s application to export U.S. domestic gas as LNG via the Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries with which the United States does not already have a free trade agreement in place. DOE determined that “opponents of the application have not demonstrated that a conditional grant of the requested authorization for a term of...
Politician: Alaskan Intrastate Gas Pipeline Could Enable Re-Start of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Posted on May 20, 2011 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Politician: Alaskan Intrastate Gas Pipeline Could Enable Re-Start of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Platts reports that State Rep. Mike Chenault (R), speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives, said yesterday that construction of an Alaskan intrastate natural gas pipeline from the North Slope fields to southern Alaska could enable ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil to resume LNG exports from their Kenai LNG liquefaction facility. Kenai LNG operator ConocoPhillips has said that it...
Apache Official Says Kitimat LNG Contracts Could Be Completed By Late 2011
Posted on May 18, 2011 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Apache Official Says Kitimat LNG Contracts Could Be Completed By Late 2011
Speaking yesterday to Dow Jones (carried via AutomatedTrader.net), an official for Apache Corp. offered a status update on the Kitimat LNG export project. The official said that Kitimat LNG should receive its final permits by the end of 2011 and that LNG sales contracts to Asian LNG purchasers could be completed by late 2011 as well. He also noted that final investments for the project...
Cheniere, Lithuanian Company Sign MOU for LNG Supply
Posted on May 17, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere, Lithuanian Company Sign MOU for LNG Supply
Last week Cheniere Energy, Inc. and Lithuanian LNG terminal developer Klaipedos Nafta signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to negotiate supply options for the Klaipeda LNG import terminal on the eastern Baltic Sea. According to Cheniere’s press release, the two companies will begin negotiating a supply arrangement that is expected to involve U.S.-sourced LNG exported via...