CNG/LNG

Watch out Marcellus/Utica, and Haynesville, and Permian, and Eagle Ford, and Bakken, and SCOOP/STACK, and other major U.S. shale plays. You may have a new competitor coming (way) south of the border. Argentina has just elected a new President, Javier Milei, who promises to unleash his country’s oil and gas industry. Argentina is reputed to have the world’s second-largest deposit of shale gas in the world (and the fourth-largest deposit of shale oil). If Milei follows through and is successful in unleashing shale energy, Argentina could become an LNG exporting powerhouse, competing with the U.S. Hey, maybe a little competition is what we need to overcome the cancer of leftist global warming flummery that holds back our own O&G industry.
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Freeport LNG’s export facility on Quintana Island, TX, is again experiencing problems. Freeport LNG’s export terminal with three liquefaction “trains” shut down in June 2022 after an explosion and fire (see Explosion Rocks Freeport LNG Export Plant – Offline for 3 Weeks). What was initially thought to be a three-week outage lasted for ten months! The plant finally returned online in March of this year (see Freeport LNG Plant Back to Full Capacity Using 2.1 Bcf/d of NatGas). However, the plant is not yet back to 100% operational status. A second loading dock is still offline (see Freeport LNG Second Loading Dock Inches Closer to Restart). In September, Freeport canceled a series of cargoes due to an ongoing issue that the company never fessed up to (see Freeport LNG Cancels 3-4 Cargoes Due to Outage, Now in 6th Day).
Read More “Another Freeport LNG Outage – Not Drawing Power, Feedgas Drops”

According to the prognosticators at the U.S. Energy Information Administration, North America’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity will expand to 24.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by 2027 (four years from now) from the current 11.4 Bcf/d we see today. However, the increase will not all come from the United States. Both Mexico and Canada are due to place their first LNG export terminals into service in the next few years. By the end of 2027, EIA estimates LNG export capacity will grow by 1.1 Bcf/d in Mexico, 2.1 Bcf/d in Canada, and 9.7 Bcf/d in the U.S. from 10 new projects across the three countries.
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The ignominious end of an era. For a full ten years, MDN has covered the story of Canadian company Pieridae Energy and its quest to build the Goldboro LNG export project in Nova Scotia, using Marcellus/Utica molecules to feed it (see our extensive list of Pieridae stories here). Yesterday, Pieridae issued its third quarter update. In that update comes the news that the company has “initiated a process to sell its Goldboro subsidiary and associated assets, licenses and permits.” Throwing in the towel. A sad day.
Read More “Pieridae Gives Up on Plan to Build Goldboro LNG in Nova Scotia”

Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility recently received Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) authorization to place the final three liquefaction blocks (7-9) into service (see Venture Global Gets FERC OK to Commission 3 Calcasieu Pass Trains). The other trains, 1-6, have been online for 18 months but are not officially in commercial service, even though the facility has now shipped over 200 (!) cargoes. Venture Global claims it’s still working out the kinks. Venture’s contracted customers are frustrated that they aren’t getting any shipments and have sued (see Repsol Joins Shell, BP in Suing Venture Global for Missed LNG). It’s time to call out Venture Global for the farce it is engaging in, a farce that is doing damage to the entire LNG industry.
Read More “Calling Out Venture Global LNG for Farce It’s Not Commercially Ready”

U.S. exported 110 cargoes of LNG in October, which is up from September and ties the all-time high number of cargoes exported in March and April this year. In October, nearly 70% of all U.S. cargoes landed in Europe, a huge jump from September. Which European countries received the most U.S. LNG in October? Germany? The U.K.? Nope, not even close. The country receiving the most LNG from the U.S. in October was…
Read More “U.S. LNG Exports Tie All-Time High in October with 110 Cargoes”

Last week, Tellurian issued its third quarter update, and the news was not good. Tellurian’s primary focus is to build Driftwood LNG, a 27.6 million tonnes of LNG per year facility that will cost on the order of $14.5 billion to build. Thus far, Tellurian has not made an official final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the FERC-approved Driftwood project. Even so, construction began on the project in March 2022 (see Tellurian Begins Construction of Driftwood LNG with No FID). Last week, Tellurian warned investors that its financial situation raises “substantial doubt” that the company can continue as a going concern. In other words, Tellurian is signaling it may be heading for a bankruptcy filing.
Read More “Tellurian and Its Driftwood LNG Project in Financial Trouble”

According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, the next “super-cycle” of multi-billion-dollar LNG export terminal construction in North America is now getting underway. In the US, LNG feedgas demand could reach nearly 28 Bcf/d (billion cubic feet per day) by the early 2030s, up from about 13 Bcf/d in 2023. Where will all of the LNG plants come from to handle that kind of volume? S&P provides a really cool map with all current and announced/planned LNG export facilities in North America, detailing how much gas they can produce (in million metric tonnes per year) and the announced start date.
Read More “List (Map) of All Proposed LNG Terminals in North America”