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Carbon Emissions

United States regulator looks for new emissions data from Venture Global LNG

U.S. melted gas ( LNG) exporter Venture Global LNG need to refile emissions data for its Calcasieu Pass 2 plant building permits, regulators stated on Wednesday. The Alexandria, Virginia-based LNG designer had not consisted of the impact of tanker and assistance vessel emissions in its just recently modified filing, the Federal Energy Regulator Commission (FERC) said. Venture Global LNG has been pushing FERC for a choice on its organized construction of a 20 million metric tonnes per annum ( MTPA) growth beside its present 10 MTPA Calcasieu Pass 1 export center. Your predicted increased emission rates for CP1 in addition...

Crude Oil

Chevron works to resume full production at Hag LNG after turbine fault

Chevron Australia is working to resume full production at its Hag gas facility after a mechanical fault caused one melted gas (LNG). production train to go offline, a company spokesperson stated on. Friday. The turbine fault had actually taken place on April 30, the spokesperson. said. Repair activities have actually started and are anticipated to take a. number of weeks, the representative added without offering a. more specific timeframe. Domestic gas and the other two LNG trains at Gorgon are. unaffected and producing at full capacity. Gorgon exports LNG to consumers across Asia and produces. domestic gas for the Western...

Refined Products

Second tanker leaves Freeport LNG export plant in Texas - LSEG

The second tanker in about a week left Freeport LNG's melted gas (LNG) export plant in Texas in what energy traders called another sign that the plant was increasing output after a series of blackouts over the previous month approximately. The Wilforce LNG tanker left Freeport at about 85% of the vessel's maximum capacity, according to data from financial firm LSEG on Wednesday. Recently, on April 23, the BW Pavilion Leeara was the first vessel to leave Freeport in about 12 days. The quantity of gas streaming to the seven big U.S. LNG export plants slid to approximately 11.9 billion...

Natural Gas Liquids

EastMed gas pipeline task's timeline doubts, stakeholders state

The timeline for a. proposed pipeline linking East Mediterranean gas reserves to. Greece by means of Cyprus and Crete remains unpredictable as stakeholders. are evaluating its economic feasibility, delegates from Cyprus. and the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) informed on. Friday. There is no concrete timeline right now, George. Papanastasiou, energy minister of Cyprus, told when. asked about a Last Financial Investment Decision (FID) on the so-called. EastMed task. Greece, Cyprus and Israel inked a handle 2020 to construct a. 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) subsea pipeline to move gas. from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe. FID on the job, which is approximated...

Natural Gas

Equinor to expand LNG trading, eyes handle Europe, Asia, senior officer states

Norwegian energy group Equinor plans to broaden its melted gas (LNG) trading service and remains in talks with a number of potential purchasers in Europe and Southeast Asia, a leading authorities told . The oil and gas manufacturer posted greater than anticipated first quarter revenue on Thursday, mentioning high production in its native Norway, strong functional performance and robust results from LNG trading. LNG is viewed as an essential part of the shift to net-zero emissions by 2050 and will be needed for decades to come, particularly in Asia, the top-energy importing and taking in region and the most likely...

Natural Gas Liquids

Increasing area LNG costs beginning to bite some Asian purchasers: Russell

There are early indications that the increase in the area price for liquefied gas (LNG) for delivery to Asia to a threemonth high is beginning to crimp demand from pricesensitive buyers such as India. The spot LNG price increased to $10.50 per million British thermal systems (mmBtu) in the week ended April 19, the most given that Jan. 19, and up 26.5% from the low so far in 2024 of $ 8.30, reached in early March. The recent boost in the cost has been driven more by supply concerns, with the ongoing dispute in the Middle East fuelling concerns that...

Crude Oil

United States natgas streams to Texas Freeport LNG export plant seen up on Monday

The quantity of gas flowing to Freeport LNG's liquefied gas (LNG) export plant in Texas was on track to rise for a second day in a row on Monday, according to data from monetary firm LSEG. The amount of gas flowing to Freeport was set to rise to 0.6 billion cubic feet each day (bcfd), up from 0.5 bcfd on Sunday and approximately 0.1 bcfd over the previous 7 days, according to LSEG information. WHY IT is very important Boosts in the quantity of gas flowing to LNG export plants in the U.S. equate to greater exports to Europe and...

Natural Gas

White House open up to ending LNG export time out in push for Ukraine aid, sources say

U.S. officials are open to ending President Joe Biden's pause on approvals of melted gas exports to get a Ukraine aide plan passed in Congress however want to wait to see the whole proposal before making any decisions, two White House sources stated on Tuesday. Biden, a Democrat, in late January had paused approvals for pending and future applications to export the supercooled fuel after protests about the booming industry from activists worried about its influence on environment change. Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson suggested on Fox News on Sunday that reversing Biden's. pause on LNG export...

LNG

Osaka Gas sees little impact from Freeport LNG's partial shutdown

Japan's Osaka Gas expects to see little influence on its balance of supply and demand for melted gas (LNG) from a partial shutdown of U.S. Freeport LNG's centers, the president of the city gas service provider stated on Wednesday. Last week Freeport stated it shut the Train 2 liquefaction system at its Texas plant, while Train 1 would be taken down soon in expectation of completing examinations and any subsequent repair work at both units by May. Our procurement volume from Freeport might fall slightly due to the issue, but we remain in a comfy position in terms of LNG...

Energy Markets

CERAWEEK-Exxon ahead of schedule on doubling LNG portfolio, exec says

Exxon Mobil is ahead of schedule with its plan to double the size of its melted natural gas (LNG) portfolio to 40 million heaps per annum (mtpa) by 2030 and will focus on selling its own gas rather than trading that of third parties, the business's LNG chief said on Thursday. Exxon is revamping its LNG trading strategy in the middle of growing production of the fuel and as part of a wider corporate reorganization that started in 2022. The oil major is relatively small in LNG trading compared to TotalEnergies and Shell PLC. Shell is among the industry leaders...

Refined Products

United States Home to vote on Biden's LNG time out, White Home defends move

The U.S. House of Agents will vote as quickly as Thursday on an expense that attempts to reverse President Joe Biden's time out on approvals of liquefied natural gas exports by removing the administration's. power to make approvals. The costs has actually remained in advancement because before the relocation last. month by Biden, a Democrat, to pause approvals of LNG exports to. huge markets in Europe and Asia in order to examine environmental. and financial impacts of the booming company. The legislation. would remove the Department of Energy's power to approve exports,. leaving the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as....

Climate Change

United States Home to vote on Biden's LNG pause, White House defends move

The U.S. House of Agents will vote as quickly as Thursday on a bill that attempts to reverse President Joe Biden's pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas exports by stripping the administration's. power to make approvals. The bill has actually remained in development given that before the move last. month by Biden, a Democrat, to stop briefly approvals of LNG exports to. huge markets in Europe and Asia in order to examine environmental. and economic effects of the thriving business. The legislation. would remove the Department of Energy's power to approve exports,. leaving the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

Europe

Natural Gas

Saudi Aramco holding LNG talks with United States firms Tellurian, NextDecade, sources say

Oil giant Aramco is in talks with U.S. firms Tellurian and NextDecade on 2 separate melted gas (LNG) projects as the Saudi company looks for to improve its gas trading and production, 3 sources near the talks informed . U.S. gas production has actually boomed over the past decade with oil majors and Aramco's rivals such as Qatar Energy competing to build several tasks to export gas to Europe and Asia. The state energy firm is in talks with Tellurian to purchase a stake in its 27.6 million metric ton per year (mtpa). Driftwood LNG plant near Lake Charles, Louisiana....

Oil Exploration

TotalEnergies: Papua LNG project needs 'more work' to reach last investment choice

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies on Monday said a prepared new liquefied gas (LNG) task in Papua New Guinea would require ' more work' before a final financial investment decision might be reached. TotalEnergies stated its President Patrick Pouyanne just recently told Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape the job would require to work with third-party specialists to reach commercially practical engineering, procurement and construction agreements. In that view, the task will examine the structure of some packages and open the competitors to a bigger panel of Asian contractors. As an effect, FID (last investment decision) of Papua...

Oil & Gas

Investors ask TotalEnergies to split CEO, board chair roles ahead of May AGM

A group of investors in French oil major TotalEnergies is requiring the company to split the functions of CEO and chairman, which they state could speed up its shift away from fossil fuels. The separation of functions might improve discussion with the board ... on environment transition concerns and guarantee a much better balance of power at a time when lots of financiers are of the opinion that TotalEnergies' shift method is not ambitious enough, states the resolution to be proposed at the company's. annual general conference on May 24. The proposal was put forward by 19 worldwide investors. holding...

East Asia

Natural Gas

India's robust LNG imports are Asia's standout, but higher rates might weigh: Russell

Asia's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are showing contrasting characteristics in May, with strength in normally pricesensitive buyers like India, but a softer pattern in the developed economies such as Japan and South Korea. The top-importing continent is on track to receive about 23.61 million metric lots of the super-chilled fuel this month, according to data assembled by product analysts Kpler. This is up slightly from April's 23.23 million lots, although daily May's arrivals are a touch weaker, while they are more powerful than the 20.75 million from May 2023. However while the overall LNG import figures are reasonably...

Energy Markets

China LNG imports might strike record levels in 2024, PetroChina authorities says

China's liquefied natural gas imports might hit record levels in 2024, a PetroChina main forecast on Wednesday. The world's top importer of the super-chilled fuel is seen shipping between 78-80 million metric tons of LNG this year, with the industrial and commercial sectors driving need, Zhang Yaoyu, international head of LNG and new energies for PetroChina International, stated at a market conference in Bangkok. Zhang's projection would be a 9-12% rise from the 71.2 million metric tons imported in 2023, according to China's custom-mades information. China imported a record 78.8 million metric lots in 2021. Based upon the very first...

Natural Gas Liquids

Japan enhances reliance on allies Australia, United States for long-term LNG materials

Resourcescarce Japan is supporting longterm products of liquefied natural gas from close allies Australia and the United States as essential contracts from companies consisting of Russia are set to expire by the early 2030s. Japan's greatest power generator JERA last month agreed to buy a 15.1% stake in Woodside Energy's Scarborough task in Australia. It was the most recent in a string of deals as the fallout from Russia's intrusion of Ukraine threatens to interrupt access to gas from its northern neighbour, making it more necessary to discover reliable long-lasting supply sources. LNG accounts for about a 3rd of Japan's...

Refined Products

Japan's JERA suspends output at 4 gas-fired power plants to protect LNG stocks

Japan's greatest power generator JERA said on Friday it has suspended production at four of its gasfired power stations and cut output at another plant from Wednesday to Friday to secure enough liquefied natural gas (LNG) stock. The relocation comes as a recent drop in temperature levels in the Tokyo area improved power demand while rainy weather condition caused hold-ups in the arrival of LNG freights, causing a drop in LNG stock levels, a JERA spokesperson stated. Operations were momentarily suspended at power plants in Futtsu, Yokohama, Kawasaki and Chiba, all near Tokyo, and curtailed at Higashi-Ohgishima. Since stormy weather...

Natural Gas Utilities

Softer spot LNG costs see demand gain, contrast with agreement pain: Russell

Lower spot rates for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia have yet to drive a significant boost in demand for the superchilled fuel, although there is an increase in cravings from pricesensitive purchasers such as India and China. Asia's imports of LNG are estimated at 22.59 million metric lots for March by commodity analysts Kpler, a little below the 22.69 million tape-recorded for February. Given the seasonality of LNG need, which peaks in the northern winter season and summertime, it's worth looking at the year-earlier months, and here the story is of modest import development. The approximated imports in March...