Will Exporting Natural Gas Damage Domestic Energy Markets?
January 25, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
DOE/FE asked the U.S. Energy Information Administration to assess how specified scenarios of increased natural gas exports could affect domestic energy markets, focusing on consumption, production, and prices. |
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25% of New England’s Natural Gas is LNG
January 19, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
Natural gas in the Northeast trades at premium prices compared to the rest of the United States due to pipeline constraints during periods of high demand in the winter. Liquefied natural gas has met over 25% of New England’s average daily natural gas demand since November 2010. |
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Malaysia Energy Review
December 15, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
Malaysia is a significant producer of oil and natural gas located along important ocean shipping routes of the energy industry. The country has enormous natural gas reserves and is the world’s third largest exporter of LNG. |
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The United States as a Major Exporter of Natural Gas
December 13, 2011 | NASDAQ
A growing abundance of domestic natural gas and higher gas prices in other countries place the United States in a position to become a major exporter of liquified natural gas. An article on NASDAQ.com explores a number of events that could prevent that from occurring. |
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LNG Exports from the United States
December 7, 2011 | MarketWatch
An article on the MarketWatch website reviews how the United States has rapidly shifted from an importer of natural gas to an aggressive exporter. |
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Should US Natural Gas Be Exported?
November 17, 2011 | Reuters
Some people believe that the current abundance of natural gas in the United States creates an opportunity to export to locations where gas prices are higher. Others believe that the gas should be kept in the United States to reduce our energy dependance. |
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Gulf of Mexico – Energy Infrastructure
November 15, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
The Energy Information Administration has an interactive map that displays energy infrastructure features in the Gulf of Mexico region. It includes power plants, transmission lines, LNG terminals, natural gas hubs, pipelines, oil ports, refineries, active platforms and more. |
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Market Expansion for Natural Gas
November 14, 2011 | Philly.com
An article on the Philly.com website explores areas of market expansion for natural gas. Enormous amounts could be: used as a vehicle fuel, used to produce plastics, used to produce electricity and converted to LNG for overseas export. Each of these could provide slowly increasing gains. |
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TransCanada Gas: Overland to USA or LNG to Asia?
November 2, 2011 | NASDAQ
The CEO of TransCanada Corporation says that the company is still focused upon delivering their natural gas overland to the United States rather than shipping it as LNG to Asia – but Asia is an option. |
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Alaska Natural Gas to Asian Markets?
October 31, 2011 | Alaska Daily News
Alaska has an abundance of natural gas and there is a proposal in the state legislature for building a pipeline to the southcentral Alaska port where the gas would be condensed and shipped to Asian markets as LNG. |
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Australia Energy Report
October 31, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
The Energy Information Administration has published a new country analysis brief for Australia. The country is the largest exporter of coal and the fourth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. |
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Exporting Haynesville Shale Natural Gas as LNG
October 28, 2011 | Shreveport Times
Natural gas companies can produce more gas from their Haynesville Shale wells than local and pipeline markets can consume. A liquefied natural gas export facility is planned for Sabine Pass, Louisiana that will condense natural gas to LNG and ship it to overseas markets. |
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Exporting Marcellus Shale LNG from Maryland?
October 14, 2011 | FuelFix.com
Dominion Resources is seeking permission to condense natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale into LNG (liquefied natural gas) for export from their Cove Point facility at Lusby, Maryland. |
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Kitimat LNG: Canadian Natural Gas to Asia
October 10, 2011 | CTV.ca
A terminal to ship liquefied natural gas from Canada to Asian markets is being built near Kitimat, British Columbia. The terminal will have a significant transportation distance advantage over natural gas projects being built in Australia and Indonesia. |
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Chevron to Spend $29Billion on Wheatstone LNG Project
September 28, 2011 | ABC Rural
Chevron is developing the Wheatstone offshore natural gas field located off the coast of Western Australia. The first gas is expected to be produced in 2016 and prepared for international shipment as LNG. |
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Angola Oil and Natural Gas Report
August 17, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
“Angola, an OPEC member, is the second largest oil producing country in Africa and a significant supplier to both China and the United States. In 2012, Angola is expected to start exporting LNG which will provide an additional source of export earnings. Domestically, the country lacks the necessary infrastructure to meet electricity demand. According to the IEA about 13.7 million people lack access to electricity.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration country report. |
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Natural Gas to Asia from Kitimat, BC
August 16, 2011 | Business Week
Natural gas prices in Asia are three times higher than prices in North America. Natural gas producers, Apache, Encana and EOG Resources hope to cash in on that by building a liquefied natural gas plant near Kitimat, British Colombia that will prepare LNG for shipment to Asian customers. |
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LNG Import Prices Rising in Japan
August 9, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
The cost of liquefied natural gas (LNG) being imported by Japan has been rising sharply since the earthquake and tsunami damaged of their nuclear power generating capacity. Quoted from the Energy Information Administration article.
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Canadian LNG for Asia-Pacific
July 26, 2011 | Edmonton Journal
Construction on the Kitimat LNG export terminal is about to begin. The facility on the northern coast of British Columbia is being built with an eye on the Asia-Pacific market. New terminals are also underway at Douglas Channel and Prince Rupert. Most of the gas for these terminals is coming from new shale plays. |
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Asia-Pacific Consumers Seeking Long-Term LNG Contracts
July 26, 2011 | Reuters
Anticipating price increases, liquefied natural gas consumers in the Asia-Pacific region are trying to lock in long-term LNG contracts.
This seems contrary to lots of new LNG capacity coming online in Australia, Indonesia, Canada, Qatar and the United States plus China sitting on an enormous shale gas resource. |
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