Eagle LNG Files FERC Application
Posted on Feb 1, 2017
Eagle LNG Partners filed its formal application with FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate a natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla. The proposed project consists of three liquefaction trains, which would be capable of producing up to 1.65 million gallons of LNG/day, or approximately 1 million tonnes per annum. The LNG will be transported to markets in the Caribbean and Latin America for power generation, and to local and regional markets....
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Toshiba Signs Agreement with JERA to Market Freeport LNG Supplies
Posted on Jan 24, 2017
The Japan Times reports that Toshiba has signed a sales and marketing contract with Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric Power, to help find buyers for 2.2 million tons of LNG Toshiba is under contract to purchase from the Freeport LNG project under construction on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas. According to the report, Toshiba has buyers for only about half of the LNG it is contractually obligated to purchase beginning September 2019....
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Alaska in Talks to Purchase ConocoPhillps’ Nikiski LNG Plant
Posted on Jan 24, 2017
KTVA Alaska reports that Alaska’s state LNG project developer, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), confirmed in a presentation before the Senate Resources Committee yesterday that it is in discussions to purchase ConocoPhillips’ liquefaction and LNG export terminal plant in Nikiski. An AGDC spokeswoman indicated that the Nikiski plant could potentially replace a larger LNG facility proposed for the Alaska LNG Project....
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Magnolia LNG Signs Heads of Agreement with VGS
Posted on Jan 24, 2017
Magnolia LNG, LLC (Magnolia), has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Vessel Gasification Solutions, Inc. (VGS), which provides for a 20-year Free-on-Board Sale and Purchase Agreement of up to 4 million metric tonnes per annum from Magnolia’s proposed LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La. The HOA contains several conditions precedent. According to the press release, the VGS Group is developing a floating LNG import and regasification terminal situated offshore at Kakinada Deepwater Port in Andhra Pradesh, India, which will be East Coast India’s first LNG import project to...
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Lloyds Energy Group Files FTA LNG Export Application
Posted on Jan 18, 2017
Lloyds Energy Group LLC (Lloyds) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy for authorization to export up to 9 million metric tons per annum (1.25 Bcf/day) of domestically produced LNG over a 25-year period. Lloyds intends to export the LNG to nations having a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States from two floating liquefaction, storage, and offloading units it intends to build, own, and operate near Point Comfort, Texas on submerged lands currently owned by the Calhoun Port Authority. Lloyds states that it also intends to file an application to export LNG to...
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NextDecade Signs Lease for Potential LNG Terminal
Posted on Jan 18, 2017
NextDecade, LLC announced it has signed lease agreements with the State of Texas and City of Texas City for an approximately 1,000-acre site at Shoal Point for the potential development of a multi-billion dollar LNG export facility. Texas City owns almost 376 acres at Shoal Point, while the Texas General Land Office manages the adjoining 618 acres of state land. NextDecade is the sponsor of the Rio Grande LNG project in South Texas....
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First U.S. Shale Gas Reaches Japan
Posted on Jan 9, 2017
Reuters reports that Japan’s JERA Co., a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power, has imported the country’s first LNG produced from U.S. shale gas in the lower-48 states. Historically, Japan has imported U.S. LNG only from Alaska. According the report, the LNG was produced at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana, was shipped through the Panama Canal, and arrived at Chubu Electric’s Joetsu LNG terminal on the Sea of Japan on Friday. ...
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