Wednesday, February 5, 2025

LNG Exporter Cheniere Sues Former CEO Souki

From Reuters Cheniere Energy Inc, the largest U.S. liquefied natural gas exporter, sued its former chairman and chief executive officer, Charif Souki, alleging he conspired to help finance a joint venture that led to the formation of rival Tellurian Inc. Cheniere is seeking re-payment of a $46 million loan to Parallax Enterprises in 2015 that Souki helped arrange, according to

Total Buys 23% of Tellurian with $207 Million Investment

Total + Tellurian to develop integrated gas project together Total (ticker: TOT) is acquiring approximately 23% of Tellurian Investments, an early stage U.S. LNG export project that was founded by former Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG) CEO Charif Souki and former BG COO Martin Houston. The transaction is at $5.85 per share for an amount of $207 million. Driftwood LNG is Tellurian’s planned LNG

Tellurian is sharply cutting the equity buy-in for potential partners in a bid to make its business model to finance construction of its proposed Driftwood LNG export terminal more attractive.

Tellurian Receives $25 Million Equity Infusion from GE Oil & Gas

Tellurian and its Driftwood LNG export project move forward Tellurian Investments Inc. announced that GE Oil & Gas has made a $25 million preferred equity investment in Tellurian Investments with an implied Tellurian common stock value of $5.94 per share. Tellurian is in the engineering design and pre-filing stage for a proposed 26 million tonnes per annum Driftwood LNG export

LNG on the Move: Magellan Files S-3 for $500 Million

Tellurian+Magellan merger is expected to close Q4 On October 11, Magellan Petroleum (ticker: MPET) filed an S-3 Registration Statement with the SEC paving the way to sell up to $500 million in common stock, warrants and units, the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes for the company which is moving toward LNG development.   Magellan’s previously announced reverse merger

Souki’s Tellurian Investments to Merge with Magellan Petroleum

Merger with Magellan Delivers Capital Market Access to Tellurian’s Gulf Coast LNG Project Denver’s Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Tellurian Investments Inc., the recently formed private company founded by ex-Cheniere CEO Charif Souki and ex-BG COO Martin Houston.  Tellurian is focused on the development of a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on

Cheniere Hires Power Generation CEO Jack Fusco

The Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG) board of directors has appointed Jack Fusco as the company’s new CEO. Fusco came to Cheniere from Houston-based Calpine Corporation (ticker: CPN), whose website describes it as America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources–84 power plants in operation or under construction (only 3 aren’t natgas), 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity, customers

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Are All Disruptive CEOs Cut from the Same Cloth?

“My desk is at the end of the production line.” As CEOs go, there is not much about Elon Musk that is orthodox. Example: Tesla Motors’ (ticker: TSLA) Q1 conference call took place this week. Musk held the Tesla call at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, bucking a generally adopted morning conference call tradition embraced by a majority of public companies.

Charif Souki Out as CEO of Cheniere Energy

Cheniere Board of Directors Appoints Board Members to Run the Company Until New CEO Found Cheniere Energy’s (ticker: LNG) first LNG shipment is just weeks away, and the man who co-founded the colossal operation will not be present to witness his company’s achievement. Charif Souki, the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere Energy, has been removed from

Russia will Remain the Main Supplier of NatGas to Europe: Souki

Cheniere on track for LNG shipments starting in January Cheniere will not replace Russia as the dominate source of gas in Europe, according to Cheniere (ticker: LNG) CEO Charif Souki. Cheniere, which is headquartered in Houston, is expected to start liquefaction at its Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana. The terminal will begin exporting cargos “sometime

House Set to Vote on Export Ban in September

House Majority Leader expected to announce vote today Oil companies have been pushing hard in the last year to see the end of a four-decade-old ban on the export of U.S. crude oil. “The growing supply of American oil is outpacing domestic demand and needs a new outlet,” said Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee in

Opening Up the Global Energy Markets: U.S. LNG Exports are Only Months Away

LNG: Energy CEOs talk about exporting U.S. shale gas to Europe, Asia “We are changing the way the global natural gas markets are going to function”—Charif Souki, Cheniere Energy CEO The exportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil from the U.S. were hot topics at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® 20. Marcellus producer Range Resources is well

Interview with Charif Souki, CEO of Cheniere Energy at The Oil & Gas Conference® 20

Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG) CEO Charif Souki  spoke with Oil & Gas 360® in an exclusive video interview at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® 20. Cheniere has a number of hydrocarbons export projects underway in various stages of construction in Texas and Louisiana, and it is positioned to be the first U.S. energy exporter to begin production of liquefied