Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seems to have jolted China based buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into signing more deals with US-based LNG export developments as global competition for the fuel surges.
French utility Engie has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from NextDecade Corp. after the US exporter committed to slash most of the emissions associated with a proposed terminal in Texas.
An energy company backed by Indonesian tycoon Sukanto Tanoto plans to spend $500 million this year on a long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Canada, the clearest signal yet that it may move ahead with an LNG export facility on the country’s west coast.
Extraordinary global gas prices are benefitting Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters. At current spot prices Australian LNG producers can make even larger margins on spot sales than US exporters, with estimated margins of over US$30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), due to shorter shipping distances to Asia, said Australian consultancy Energy Quest.
Disrupting liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply would risk higher prices for domestic consumers, undermine US interests abroad and hinder global emissions reduction efforts, a new report from IHS Markit finds.
US-based Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) will supply 0.3 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China for 20 years starting in January 2023 after signing a deal with Foran Energy Group.
McDermott will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a booster compression platform at the Inpex-operated Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.
Inpex’s (TYO:1605) proposed Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the Masela Block offshore Indonesia, which has long struggled to gain traction, is looking increasingly unlikely to be developed, especially as another wave of US LNG projects looms large.
China, which has overtaken Japan as the world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), needs more supply deals to meet surging domestic gas demand. This offers US exporters, such as Cheniere (NYSE:LNG), a significant opportunity, especially as trade tensions ease.
Japan's JERA, the world's largest individual buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), said today that it will buy a 25.7% interest in Freeport LNG Development in the US for about $2.5 billion as it races to secure LNG supplies.
Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) traders are rushing to secure shipments from the US, where prices are among the cheapest in the world, amid a dash to replenish supply before the winter.
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Venture Global LNG has signed a trio of supply deals with China’s Sinopec. Significantly, the sales contracts will more than double China’s imports of LNG from the US.
News that Cheniere (NYSE:LNG) signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with China’s ENN Natural Gas (CH:600803) earlier this week marked the first major US-China deal since 2018. Over the past three years, new LNG deals between the two great powers were put on ice as rising political tensions under the Trump administration thwarted trade.
US-based Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) will supply 0.9 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China for 13 years starting in July 2022 after signing a deal with ENN Natural Gas (SHA:600803).