CNG/LNG

President Donald Trump has been visiting Europe. Lucky him. While there, he finalized a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) that is “the biggest [trade] deal ever,” according to Trump. While there are many components to the deal, the key, the big piece we are interested in, is energy. The EU has agreed to buy $750 billion worth of our energy exports (mostly LNG) over the next 3 1/2 years of Trump’s presidency, and invest another $600 billion in the U.S. during the same period. Massive! The deal is so big, so massive, and such a success that mainstream media is panning it as unrealistic and an impossible fantasy. They haven’t learned their lesson with Trump. Never underestimate him. Read More “Trump’s Trade Deal with Europe Means Massive Purchases of U.S. LNG”

No wonder Venture Global continues to love the model of signing up customers to buy its LNG via contract (which reassures investors so they give money to build a plant), then denies those contracted customers their shipments FOR YEARS under the pretense that they are still working the kinks out at the facility (called commissioning) while at the same time selling cargoes of LNG on the open/spot market. VG is receiving 2.6 times more money for spot market cargoes compared to cargoes shipped to contracted customers. The question we can’t answer is, why do any new customers sign up, given the company’s history? Read More “Venture Global LNG Gets 2.6X More on Spot Market vs. Contracted Cust.”

Last week, a new company entered the U.S. LNG export market. Coastal Bend LNG, a privately held energy infrastructure development company, announced it has initiated the development of a 22.5 million ton per annum (MTPA) natural gas liquefaction and export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. The company plans to file an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this year. If the full vision is realized (22.5 MTPA), it will become the second-largest LNG export plant in the U.S., behind Cheniere Energy’s 29.5 MTPA Sabine Pass facility. Read More “New LNG Company Plans 22.5 MTPA Export Facility on Texas Gulf Coast”

Venture Global (VG) has begun construction on the Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. This is the third LNG facility VG will have built, and upon completion, it will propel VG to be the largest LNG exporter in the United States and the second largest in the world. Pretty heady stuff. CP2 is expected to bring new LNG supply to market beginning in 2027. Given the facility’s location, we’re confident that at least some (perhaps a lot) of Marcellus/Utica molecules will help feed it. Read More “Venture Global Begins Construction Work at CP2 LNG in Louisiana”

On Wednesday, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González-Colón, along with Crowley officials, celebrated the first official shipment of LNG from the U.S. Gulf Coast via Crowley’s Jones Act-compliant LNG carrier named American Energy. In March, MDN shared the news that Crowley had commissioned the first Jones Act-compliant LNG carrier that can shuttle LNG between U.S. ports and P.R. (see Crowley Launches 1st U.S. Jones Act LNG Carrier to Serve Puerto Rico). On Wednesday, American Energy arrived at an LNG regasification facility in Peñuelas. Read More “Ceremony Celebrates 1st Jones Act LNG Shipment to Puerto Rico”

Marcellus/Utica molecules may be heading to Malaysia. Commonwealth LNG yesterday identified PETRONAS LNG Ltd., a subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, as the major Asian energy company referenced in the company’s May 5 announcement of a buyer to purchase 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG for 20 years from Commonwealth’s 9.5 MTPA facility under development in Cameron, Louisiana. Commonwealth LNG currently has 4 MTPA of offtake under long-term agreements. The company expects to finalize all of the deals it needs before making a final investment decision (FID) in Q3 2025. The Commonwealth facility targets its first LNG production in 2029. Read More “Commonwealth LNG Signs Deal to Sell 1 MTPA to Malaysia’s PETRONAS”

The Japanese certainly want to stay on the good side of Donald Trump regarding trade. Yesterday, JERA Co., Inc., Japan’s largest power generation company, joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright (the Chair and Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, respectively), along with Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, to announce that the company has finalized several 20-year agreements to procure up to 5.5 million tonnes per year (MTPA) of LNG from the United States. Read More “Japan’s JERA Signs Multiple Deals for 5.5 MTPA of U.S. LNG”