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By Julian Hast US natural gas futures settled down in thin trading, closing to the lowest in about five months as forecasts shifted warmer, indicating lower demand for the heating and power-plant fuel. Traders were also pricing in an increasingly low probability of an unexpected cold snap draining supplies as the winter heating season draws …
US Natural Gas Falls to Five-Month Low as Forecasts Shift Warmer Read More »
(Reuters) – In the ten years since the first export cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) left Texas, the United States has grown rapidly into the top supplier of the ultra-cooled fuel to world consumers. That dramatic expansion shows no sign of slowing down, with analysts and industry executives projecting that record U.S. LNG export …
Ten Years After First Cargo, US LNG Dominance Set to Keep Growing Read More »
Spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia have drifted lower despite solid demand in the top-consuming region and record imports by Europe. Throw in tensions in the Middle East and the threat to shipments from Qatar, the second-biggest exporter behind the United States, and the relaxed spot price seems incongruous. Part of the …
US LNG Export Surge and Soft China Demand Meet Record European Imports: Russell Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday decision to strike down trade tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last year may ease costs for some oil producers and drillers, but experts and analysts told Reuters that broader energy flows would likely remain unchanged for now. The court’s ruling could reduce the cost of building LNG plants and …
Energy Transfer has terminated offtake agreements with some customers of its suspended Lake Charles liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Here are some details: * “Several LNG offtake agreements have been terminated based on the nonsatisfaction of the condition related to making …
Reuters – The U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the International Energy Agency on Thursday a one-year deadline to move away from its net zero climate-focused agenda or risk losing the U.S. as a member. In 2015 the U.S. and nearly 200 other countries signed the Paris Accords, an international pledge to limit global warming …
US Energy Secretary Wright Pressures IEA to Quit Net Zero Agenda Read More »
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. exporters of LNG consumed more natural gas than both households and commercial businesses last year, tightening U.S. gas supplies and putting the LNG export boom squarely in the frame of discussions surrounding rising U.S. energy costs. Liquefied natural gas exporters gobbled up a record 5,000 …
COMMENTARY: Booming LNG Exports May Get Dragged into US Cost-of-Living Debate Read More »
(Reuters) – Golden Pass, an LNG project jointly owned by Exxon Mobil and QatarEnergy, pulled 300 million cubic feet of gas on Wednesday as it moves closer to making its first LNG, LSEG data show. When complete the 18 million metric tonnes per annum project in Texas is expected to be one of the largest …
China this month marks a year since it last imported liquefied natural gas from the U.S. amid a tense trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Yet throughout the past year, Chinese firms have continued purchasing U.S. LNG under long-term supply contracts with American producers. Instead of delivering the super-chilled fuel home, they have …
China Isn’t Importing Any US LNG, But It’s Still in the Game: Bousso Read More »
U.S. gas producer Caturus said on Friday it signed a 20-year agreement to supply 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG to Saudi Aramco from its proposed Louisiana export project. Last month, Reuters reported the deal, citing sources, between Aramco and Commonwealth LNG, owned and operated by Caturus. Commonwealth had said it wants to get to 8 …
