NATS: Natural Gas Pipeline Outage May Prompt Increased LNG Imports to U.S. Gulf Coast Terminals
Posted on Aug 7, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NATS: Natural Gas Pipeline Outage May Prompt Increased LNG Imports to U.S. Gulf Coast Terminals
NATS [subscription required] said yesterday that an outage of a natural gas pipeline caused by an accident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico may prompt increased LNG imports to terminals on the U.S. Gulf coast, including Trunkline LNG, Cameron LNG, Sabine Pass LNG, and Freeport...
Gazprom Official Says Company May Ship First LNG Cargos to North America this Winter
Posted on Aug 6, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Gazprom Official Says Company May Ship First LNG Cargos to North America this Winter
Frederic Bernaud, LNG director for Gazprom Marketing and Trading, told Dow Jones Newswires (carried via Nasdaq.com) that “we may see the first shipments to North America during the winter period” from the Sakhalin-2 LNG liquefaction...
Industry Consultant: LNG Will Help Plug Natural Gas Supply Gap for Northeast Market During Sable Island Outage
Posted on Aug 4, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Industry Consultant: LNG Will Help Plug Natural Gas Supply Gap for Northeast Market During Sable Island Outage
Energy industry consultant Tom Woods told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that he expects LNG imports, particularly from the Canaport LNG import terminal, will help plug the natural gas supply gap in the U.S. Northeast during the planned outage of the Sable Island gas field beginning later this month. Woods believes that existing storage inventories will make up some of the...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Waterborne Predicts European LNG Imports to Hit Record Levels in July and August (Business Wire) Long Maintenance to Cut Capacity at Italy’s Panigaglia Terminal Starting October 1 (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jul 29, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Russia’s Putin sees LNG cooperation with GDF Suez: report (Dow Jones International News) [subscription required]
Sempra’s LNG Terminal Adds to US Supply
Posted on Jul 29, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra’s LNG Terminal Adds to US Supply
Industry analysts comment on the impact of the startup of Sempra’s LNG terminal in Cameron, Louisiana, on the gas supply and gas prices in the United States. Since its commissioning in June, the terminal at Cameron has sent around 550,000 Mcf/d into the U.S. market. The effect of this added supply on prices has been softened by global supply outages and increased demand overseas....