Energy Transition’s Big Ticket Item? $1.5T in Natgas Infrastructure

Energy executives from companies such as Cheniere and Woodside are planning for the energy transition—and natural gas as part of it.

Kimmeridge Signs Natgas, LNG Agreement with Glencore

Under the terms of the agreement, set to be finalized later this year, Glencore will purchase 2 mtpa of LNG from Commonwealth LNG and source natural gas from Kimmeridge Texas Gas.

TotalEnergies Signs LNG Agreements in China, Turkey

TotalEnergies announced two separate long-term LNG sales in China and a non-binding agreement with Turkey’s BOTAŞ in an effort to grow its long-term LNG sales.

Vitol CEO: US Shale Gas Growing Source of Shipping, Trucking Fuel

International commodities trading house Vitol sees growing demand for U.S. shale gas to spur LNG exports to China, India and emerging economies in Asia.

Golar LNG Enters $1.6B EPC Agreement for FLNG Project

Golar said the floating LNG vessel has a liquefaction capacity of 3.5 million tons of LNG per annum and is expected to be delivered in fourth-quarter 2027.

Woodside to Maintain at Least 50% Interest in Driftwood LNG

Australia’s Woodside Energy plans to maintain at least a 50% interest in the 27.6 mtpa Driftwood LNG project that it's buying from Tellurian, CEO Meg O’Neill said during a media briefing at Gastech in Houston.

TPH: LNG Agreements Start to Materialize, but Most Non-binding

Since the end of April, U.S. LNG export facilities have made agreements totaling 16 mtpa, or 72% of the year’s 22.5 mtpa in offtake agreements.

New FERC Commissioner Calls Slow Permitting Process ‘Huge Problem’

FERC Commissioner David Rosner said the commission is aware that the permitting process is too slow overall at Gastech Houston 2024.

Chesapeake Pushes to Move 10% of US Shale Gas into Asian Markets

Chesapeake Energy is targeting getting 10% to 15% of its production onto an international index, the company’s Executive LNG Adviser Katrina Kaufman said Sept. 16 during the Asia-US LNG Roundtable.

Chevron’s Wirth: Biden Admin Needs to Embrace, not Attack Natgas

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth, speaking at Gastech Houston 2024, said natural gas offers a clear path to lowering CO2 emissions that only politics can derail.