Global energy major TotalEnergies SE signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with Energia Natural Dominicana Enadom, S.R.L. (Enadom) for the delivery of 400,000 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. TotalEnergies said in a media release that the HoA with the joint venture between AES Dominicana and Energas in the Dominican Republic is subject to the finalization of sale and purchase agreements (SPAs). Once the SPAs are signed, the agreement will start in mid-2027, with a 15-year term, and the price will be indexed to Henry Hub.
Taiwan was slapped with a 32% tariff, which has been halted for 90 days, although it had just made some big commitments to invest in the U.S., including in U.S. energy projects. Last month, Taiwan’s state-held oil and gas company CPC Corporation signed a letter of intent to invest in the $44-billion Alaska LNG export project and buy LNG from it as part of a move to bolster its gas supply and energy security.
NextDecade Corporation has signed a sales and purchase agreement with a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco under which it will supply the Saudi company with LNG from Train 4 of its Rio Grande LNG facility for 20 years, NextDecade announced on Wednesday.
NextDecade Corp. has secured a 20-year, 1.2 million metric tons per annum (MMtpa) offtake from Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) for the planned fourth liquefaction train of the under-construction Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas.
Australia’s Woodside Energy will sell a 40% stake in the Louisiana LNG complex to global investment firm Stonepeak for USD 5.7 billion, the company said on Monday.
The move is meant to reduce the Perth-headquartered company’s capex and support the project’s progress towards a final investment decision.
Woodside has entered into a binding agreement with Stonepeak, a leading global investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, for the sale of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC, providing validation of project quality and increasing attractiveness of the project to other potential equity partners.
LNG Canada is the country’s first project for the export of superchilled fuel, with a focus on Asian markets as the biggest demand driver. Eventually, however, Canada could potentially supply 36.2 million tons of LNG per year by 2040, according to estimates by Wood Mackenzie. That’s despite statements by the previous Canadian government that there was no business case for liquefied natural gas in the country. The statements were made in response to a request by the former German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, for potential LNG supply deals with Canada.
Shell Plc will update its strategy on Tuesday, just a month after rival bp Plc unveiled a fundamental “reset.”
Shell CEO Wael Sawan is in the final stages of a two-year effort to shake up Shell by cutting costs, improving reliability and shedding under-performing units. Analysts and investors will be looking for plans for growth at the company’s crucial liquefied natural gas business and reassurance on oil reserves.
ARC Resources Ltd. said Tuesday it has entered into a deal to sell all of its offtake from the under-construction Cedar LNG in Canada to Exxon Mobil Corp.
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the United States was the world’s largest importer of energy, guzzling down foreign oil and gas like a frat boy at a kegger. But the script has since flipped. Thanks to the shale revolution and a penchant for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the U.S. has transformed from energy junkie to pusher, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as its hottest commodity.