USLNG News

News about the USLNG Industry and USLNG Exports.

DOE
January 25, 2023

Granholm on USLNG Exports

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm During Daily White House Press Briefing On Jan. 23, 2023, DOE Sec. Granholm joined the daily briefing and was asked a question about USLNG exports: “On our exports of liquefied natural gas… some environmental groups have surfaced [criticizing] that and climate change, can you address that?” Sec. Granholm: “With respect to […]

DOE
January 25, 2023

Crabtree on USLNG Exports

Excerpts from DOE Assistant Secretary Brad Crabtree’s Remarks at the EPRINC/IEEJ Workshop: “Global LNG, Energy Security, and the Transition.” Dec. 15, 2022: “We have seen over the past year the crucial role that LNG plays in the global economy… Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy markets in ways we have not […]

Monthly USLNG Statistics
January 20, 2023

USLNG Exports – Nov. 2022

DOE Nov. 2022 USLNG Exports Report Released Top five countries of destination, representing 69.3% of total USLNG exports in Nov. 2022. U.K. (82.8 bcf), France (50.7 bcf), Turkey (31.4 bcf), Japan (24.4 bcf), and Netherlands (20.6 bcf). 302.3 bcf of exports in Nov. 2022. A 2.3% decrease from Oct. 2022; 1.2% less than Nov. 2021. […]

Weekly Roundup
January 20, 2023

Weekly Industry Roundup

USLNG Industry and Select No. American Natural Gas Industry Developments Jan. 13-20, 2023 Rio Grande: NextDecade has signed a 15-year SPA with Itochu Corporation to supply LNG from the Rio Grande LNG export project in Brownsville, Texas. Under the agreement, Itochu will purchase 1.0 mtpa of LNG indexed to Henry Hub on an FOB basis.

Weekly Roundup
January 13, 2023

Weekly Industry Roundup

USLNG Industry and Select No. American Natural Gas Industry Developments Jan. 07-13, 2023 Freeport: Cancels Shipments, Raising Questions on Restart (Bloomberg) Jan. 13: Freeport LNG has canceled some upcoming shipments, adding to the uncertainty over when it will resume shipments… At least two cargoes scheduled to load at the end of Jan. and in early […]

Weekly Roundup
January 6, 2023

Weekly Industry Roundup

USLNG Industry and Select No. American Natural Gas Industry Developments Dec. 23 to Jan. 06 Rio Grande: Fifth Circuit Upholds 404 Permit (E&E News) Niina Farah (Jan. 06): The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 05 roundly dismissed a challenge from Rio Grande Valley shrimpers and fishermen against a water permit for an […]

Europe
January 6, 2023

More European Contracts Coming

Wave of Long-Term European LNG Contracts Seen Likely This Year (NGI) Jamison Cocklin (Jan. 06): European offtakers in 2023 are expected to continue the LNG activity that closed out 2022, as more import infrastructure comes online, larger buyers recapitalize, and policies become clearer… USLNG projects are poised to benefit most… Sponsors signed long-term agreements in […]

DOE
April 27, 2022

Volume: Magnolia and Golden Pass Increases

LNG Allies Statement on DOE LNG Authorizations Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved the requests from two U.S. LNG export project sponsors to increase the volume of U.S. natural gas that can be exported from their facilities: Golden Pass LNG in Sabine Pass, Texas, was authorized to increase the volume of its […]

Export Authorizations
March 17, 2022

DOE Action an Important Signal for Projects

Energy Approves New LNG Licenses Jeremy Beaman, Wash. Examiner (March 17): DOE announced March 16 that it has authorized LNG facilities on the GOM to export additional volumes in the midst of the strain on global energy markets… Fred Hutchison of LNG Allies: “We really view the rhetoric as having changed substantially in the last […]

Export Authorizations
March 17, 2022

DOE Raises USLNG Export Ceilings

Cheniere Approved to Boost LNG Exports from Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi Jacob Dick, NGI (March 17): DOE officials on Wed. (March 16) gave two long-term orders for Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility in Louisiana and Corpus Christi terminal in South Texas. The combined exports were expanded by up to 0.72 Bcf/d, or around 5 mtpa. […]