Friday, November 22, 2024

LNG

Egypt seeking long-term LNG deals with U.S. companies- oil and gas 360

Egypt seeking long-term LNG deals with U.S. companies

(Oil Price) – Egypt is currently in talks with U.S. and other foreign companies to purchase long-term volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of relying on the more costly spot market, according to an exclusive Reuters report, as the country’s gas production continues to decline. “The ministry (of Petroleum) is seeking three or four years of supply to hedge from

US natgas flows to LNG export plants on track to hit 9-month high- oil and gas 360- oil and gas 360

US natgas flows to LNG export plants on track to hit 9-month high

(BOE Report) – The amount of gas flowing to the seven big operating U.S. liquefied natural gas export plants was on track to rise to a nine-month high on Thursday as feedgas to a few plants hit multi-week highs, according to data from financial firm LSEG. The energy market cares about feedgas flows to U.S. LNG plants because exports have

Biden officials ask EU to align methane rules with US to ease LNG flows, letter says- oil and gas 360

Biden officials ask EU to align methane rules with US to ease LNG flows, letter says

(BOE Report) – President Joe Biden’s administration has asked the European Union to ensure liquefied natural gas shipments that meet U.S. methane regulations automatically comply with Europe’s standards for imports, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Linking U.S. and EU methane standards would safeguard United States’ growing LNG trade with Europe while also cementing Biden’s methane rules, even if

Guyana, Suriname could emerge as key LNG exporters by 2030s- oil and gas 360

Guyana, Suriname could emerge as key LNG exporters by 2030s

(Oil Price) – Two of the world’s latest oil exploration hotspots, South American neighbors Guyana and Suriname, could become major LNG exporters early next decade if they develop the vast non-associated natural gas resources discovered in their offshore blocks. The resource is there, the costs could be competitive, and export destinations plentiful—from other countries in central and South America to Southeast

The TotalEnergies French connection-U.S. LNG- oil and gas 360

The TotalEnergies French connection-U.S. LNG

( Oil & Gas 360) – TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne has cautioned that Europe is facing a new energy reality and “must find a way to restore its energy competitiveness.” The head of the French oil giant based his assessment of the continent’s energy squeeze on the loss of Russian gas from its war with Ukraine and steep production drops from

EU hits 95% full natural gas storage ahead of winter- oil and gas 360

EU hits 95% full natural gas storage ahead of winter

(Oil Price) – The EU’s natural gas storage is already at 95% full, data from Gas Infrastructure Europe show, after the bloc reached in August its target to have 90% full storage well ahead of its self-imposed binding deadline, November 1. In the middle of August, the EU reached its target of filling gas storage facilities to 90% of capacity 10 weeks ahead of

Eni attracts substantial funding interest for next floating LNG plant- oil and gas 360

Eni attracts substantial funding interest for next floating LNG plant

(World Oil) – Eni SpA has received substantial interest for its next floating liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, even as international lenders face growing pressure to reduce exposure to fossil fuels. Luca Vignati, director of Eni’s upstream business, said in an interview that the plant will cost about the same as its $7 billion Coral South project, inaugurated in 2022.

Canadian natural gas firms eager for LNG boom swamp market with excess supply- oil and gas 360

Canadian natural gas firms eager for LNG boom swamp market with excess supply

(BOE Report) – A huge liquefied natural gas export terminal led by Shell, called LNG Canada, may struggle to dramatically raise Canadian natural gas prices when it starts operating next year because a flood of pent-up supply is waiting to hit the market, analysts said. Gas prices at Alberta’s AECO hub hit a two-year low of 5 Canadian cents per million

Woodside completes $900 million acquisition of Tellurian, Driftwood LNG project- oil and gas 360

Woodside completes $900 million acquisition of Tellurian, Driftwood LNG project

(World Oil) –  Woodside has finalized the acquisition of Tellurian Inc. and its U.S. Gulf Coast Driftwood LNG development for approximately $900 million in cash, or $1.00 per share, with an implied enterprise value of $1.2 billion. The Driftwood LNG project has been renamed Woodside Louisiana LNG. Located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, it is a pre-final investment decision (FID) LNG

US natgas prices hold near 3-month high as Helene batters US Southeast- oil and gas 360

US natgas prices hold near 3-month high as Helene batters US Southeast

(BOE Report) – U.S. natural gas futures held near a three-month high on Friday as Hurricane Helene battered the U.S. Southeast after causing Gulf of Mexico producers to cut output and millions of power outages in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. On its first day as the front-month, gas futures for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange were

TotalEnergies boosts U.S. natural gas business with Eagle Ford assets- oil and gas 360

TotalEnergies boosts U.S. natural gas business with Eagle Ford assets

(Oil Price) – TotalEnergies on Friday announced a deal to buy a 45% stake in dry gas-producing assets owned and operated by Lewis Energy Group in the Eagle Ford basin in Texas, growing its gas production business and boosting its LNG portfolio. The assets that TotalEnergies is buying are located in Southwest Texas and have the potential to be developed to reach a

EQT plans to reverse some US natgas production curtailments in Oct – CEO- oil and gas 360

EQT plans to reverse some US natgas production curtailments in Oct – CEO

(BOE Report) – U.S. energy company EQT plans to reverse some natural gas production curtailments in October and November as demand for the fuel and prices increase, CEO Toby Rice told Reuters on Wednesday. EQT, the biggest U.S. natural gas producer, has along with other U.S. drillers curtailed output in 2024 after prices collapsed to multi-year lows in the spring