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Venture Global announces 500,000-tpy LNG purchase agreement with Trafigura
Venture Global and Trafigura announced the execution of a new, binding agreement for the purchase of approximately 0.5 million tons per year (MMtpy) of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global for five years commencing in 2026. This mid-term agreement offers greater flexibility to custom..
U.S. LNG developers sign highest volume of sale and purchase contracts since 2022
U.S. LNG sale and purchase agreements from perspective projects. U.S. developers signed sale and purchase agreements (SPA) for 40 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2025 from planned export facilities, according to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and company website data. This..
Venture Global shares jump as court rejects Shell's challenge to LNG ruling
Other energy companies including bp, Italy's Edison, Spain's Repsol and Portugal's Galp had also filed claims against Venture Global.
Russia's LNG exports up 5.8% in January-February
Russian LNG exports have been held back by U.S. sanctions over Ukraine, notably against the Arctic LNG 2 plant, whose operations have been hampered by the difficulty of finding buyers for its output.
Trafigura, Venture Global sign five‑year U.S. LNG supply deal
The agreement marks the latest move by Trafigura to secure North American LNG, while Venture Global continues to expand its commercial footprint ahead of new project milestones.
Cheniere and CPC sign 1.2-MMtpy long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement
Cheniere Energy announced that its subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing International has entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC). Under the SPA, CPC has agreed to purchase up to 1.2 MMtpy (“mtpa”) of LNG from Cheniere Mark..
Blackstone brings 694-MW Magnolia gas plant online in Louisiana (U.S.)
The greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant was developed by Kindle Energy, Blackstone’s North American power platform. Construction began in 2022 and created more than 400 local construction jobs.
U.S. grants permit for project to bring power to Puerto Rico from Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico has been plagued with widespread power outages since Hurricane Maria decimated the island's electrical grid nearly a decade ago in one of the deadliest storms in America's history.
Cheniere Corpus Christi, Texas LNG terminal gets boosted export approval from U.S. DOE
The approval allows additional exports of up to 0.47 Bft3d of LNG to big markets in Asia and Europe, or non-Free Trade Agreement countries, as the department calls them.
Venture Global signs 20-yr LNG supply deal with Korea's Hanwha Aerospace
The agreement brings Venture Global's total long-term contracted portfolio to more than 46 MMtpy.
TotalEnergies agrees to export 2 MMtpy of LNG for 20 yrs from Alaska LNG project
The future Alaska LNG project, located on the U.S. Pacific coast, is the only federally authorized LNG export terminal in this region.
EIA: Most natural gas pipelines built in 2025 connect the South Central United States to supply
Natural gas pipeline projects completed in the United States in 2025 increased capacity by approximately 6.3 Bft3d, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) recently updated Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Tracker.
Hanwha and Greek ΟΝΕΧ Shipyards to expand U.S. activities
ONEX, which operates two shipyards in Greece, said in a press release that the deal also includes projects in power generation, shipyard efficiency, and energy storage platforms.
Cheniere lifts buyback plan to > $10 B as profit surges on strong LNG demand
The U.S. is the world's largest LNG exporter and had shipped 15 Bft3d of the supercooled fuel last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), up 26% from 2024.
Ten years after first cargo, U.S. LNG dominance set to keep growing
Whether the world market, already showing signs of saturation, will be able to absorb those supplies is an open question.
A decade after first Sabine Pass cargo, U.S. LNG exports continues to rise
Ten years ago, on February 24, 2016, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from the Sabine Pass Terminal was exported from the United States, marking the beginning of a new era in U.S. LNG exports. Today, the United States is the world’s largest LNG exporter, ahead of both Australia and Qatar...
Energy Transfer terminates offtake agreements with some customers of suspended Lake Charles LNG project
Several LNG offtake agreements have been terminated based on the nonsatisfaction of the condition related to making a final investment decision by the date specified in the applicable LNG offtake agreement, Energy Transfer said in a 10K filing.
U.S. LNG export surge and soft China demand meet record European imports
The absence of China in spot LNG markets has allowed Europe to increase imports to meet winter demand, with Kpler forecasting record arrivals of 14.20 MMt in February.
U.S. natgas prices climb as winter storm batters U.S. Northeast, LNG export flows near record
U.S. natural gas futures rose about 1% to a one-week high on Monday on near-record LNG export flows and forecasts for more demand than previously expected over the next two weeks as another winter storm buries the U.S. Northeast in snow.
Booming LNG exports may get dragged into U.S. cost-of-living debate
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.
U.S. demands on Europe in the field of energy
This week U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the Paris-based International Energy Agency a one-year deadline to abandon its support of goals to reduce planet-warming gas emissions to "net zero" by 2050 or risk losing the United States as a member.
Brazos Midstream significantly expands Midland Basin natural gas gathering and processing system
Commissions Sundance II, a new 300-MMft3d cryogenic natural gas processing facility located in Martin County, Texas Initiates construction of the Cassidy I cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Glasscock County, which upon completion will bring Brazos’ total operated processing capacity in ..
ExxonMobil starts operations on second carbon capture project in Louisiana (U.S.)
We are now transporting and storing captured CO2 from the New Generation Gas Gathering (NG3) project in Gillis, Louisiana. NG3 is our second active commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in Louisiana. CCS application differentiates Louisiana’s core industries, including LNG, and p..
Opinion: China isn’t importing any U.S. LNG, but it's still in the game
Since 2018, Chinese energy companies including PetroChina, CNOOC and Unipec have signed nearly 20 LNG supply contracts with U.S. producers such as Cheniere Energy, Venture Global and NextDecade, totaling around 25 metric MMtpy of supply.
Golden Pass moves closer to producing first LNG with increased natural gas flows into facility
When complete, the 18-metric MMtpy project in Texas (U.S.) is expected to be one of the largest U.S. LNG export facilities and will help the United States maintain its position as the world's largest exporter of the superchilled gas.
Austria eyes renewables, African gas to cut U.S. LNG dependence
European countries are wrestling with how to keep electricity prices affordable as the European Union phases out Russian gas by 2027 in response to Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Fermi America receives Siemens gas turbines at Port of Houston for Texas power project
Fermi America has received six Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines at the Port of Houston for its Texas-based Project Matador, advancing the first gigawatt of planned natural gas generation.
Evers & Sons wins Texas compressor station expansion, adding six units
Evers & Sons has secured a Texas compressor station expansion project that will add six new units, increasing natural gas compression capacity and supporting regional throughput growth.
Repairs continue after Iowa pipeline explosion; Enterprise Products operates line
Repair work remains underway in Washington County, Iowa, after a natural gas liquids pipeline operated by Enterprise Products Partners caught fire over the weekend. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
Brazos expands Midland Basin system in major buildout, adds 70 miles of pipeline
Brazos Midstream has expanded its Midland Basin footprint with the startup of a new 300 million cubic feet per day cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Martin County, Texas, and the launch of construction on another facility that will lift total basin capacity to 800 million cubic feet per day.
- RWE strengthens partnerships with ADNOC and Masdar to enhance energy security in Germany and Europe
- TotalEnergies and Mozambique announce the full restart of the $20-B Mozambique LNG project
- Venture Global wins LNG arbitration case brought by Spain's Repsol
- KBR awarded FEED for Coastal Bend LNG project
- Norway pipeline gas export down 2.3% in 2025, seen steady this year
