Enbridge has launched a non-binding open season for West Texas Express, a 2-Bcf/d pipeline to move Permian natural gas from the Waha Hub to near El Paso. It is aimed at meeting local demand for power projects, and potentially data centers, while also providing connectivity to other markets.
Transco's NESE is threatened by a permit vacated by the 3rd circuit court involving the New Jersey surf clam population.
As tariffs, trade restrictions and geopolitical tensions reshaped LNG flows, sellers were pushed to find new buyers, buyers had to find new suppliers, and traders had to find new routes. Today, we look at how this shift reshaped U.S.-China LNG trade and whether the change is likely to stick.
Ksi Lisims LNG LP, the consortium that owns the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project to be located on the northwest coast of British Columbia, has signed a Heads Of Agreement with Australian energy company Santos for the sale and purchase of 1 million tonnes per annum (MMtpa) of LNG for a term o
Total U.S. LNG feedgas demand averaged 18.9 Bcf/d for the week ending September 13 (blue-dotted line below), up slightly week-on-week with small changes across all terminals.
The frac spread — a rough gauge of the value of extracting NGLs from raw gas — hit $6.15/MMbtu last week, its highest level since February 2024.
Summit Midstream is moving full speed ahead with its 900-MMcf/d expansion of the Double E Pipeline after it secured about 550 MMCf/d of long-term commitments to move natural gas from the Permian Basin’s Delaware Basin toward the Waha Hub.
U.S. LNG feedgas moved higher last week, with all terminals operating at or above full contracted utilization and some beginning to approach winter peak levels.
E&Ps active in the San Juan Basin’s Mancos Shale think it has real potential, but acknowledge that regional natural gas prices would have to be higher to justify the investment. What Mancos producers need, they say, is better access to premium markets like Arizona and northwestern Mexico. A new pipeline might help.
Over the past couple of years, the Permian has been dominated by one story: natural gas takeaway constraints and negative prices at the Waha Hub. That has changed recently, however, as more pipelines have entered service, and now plans for the Solitude Pipeline System have been unveiled.
