New and expanded natural gas storage facilities near the Texas/Louisiana border are coming online and being planned, mostly in response to the ongoing buildout of LNG export capacity along the Gulf Coast and new gas pipelines to those terminals. In today’s RBN blog — the second in a series — we continue our look at existing and planned storage capacity between the Haynesville and Western Haynesville gas production areas and the LNG export meccas along the Sabine-Neches and Calcasieu ship channels, as well as storage near the Katy, TX, gas hub.
As we said in Part 1, the infrastructure buildout along the border between the Lone Star and Bayou states is well underway. Planned liquefaction trains there with a combined capacity of 75 MMtpa (10 Bcf/d) have reached a final investment decision (FID), are under construction and will be starting up between now and 2031. These new LNG export facilities (blue-striped diamonds in Figure 1 below) will join three existing terminals (green diamonds) in the area — Sabine Pass LNG, Cameron LNG and Calcasieu Pass — that together have nearly 53 MMtpa (7 Bcf/d) of capacity. That means that within five years or so, terminals along the Sabine-Neches and Calcasieu waterways will receive as much as 17 Bcf/d of natural gas.
This massive demand center is fed by pipelines delivering gas from several production areas, including the Permian, the Eagle Ford and the far-away Marcellus/Utica. But as LNG export demand ramps up, increasing volumes will come from the relatively close-by Haynesville (light-gray-shaded area in Figure 1 below) and, in all likelihood, from the emerging Western Haynesville, which is centered in East Texas’s Freestone, Leon, Limestone and Robertson counties (outlined in red).
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About the song
“Save Room” was written by John Stephens (John Legend), William Adams (will.i.am.), Jessyca Wilson, Buddy Buie and James R. Cobb. It appears as the first song on John Legend’s second studio album, Once Again. The song is built on a sample of Gabor Szabo’s version of the Classic IV’s hit single, “Stormy,” written by Buddy Buie and James R. Cobb. Buie and Cobb would later open the Studio One recording studio in Doraville, GA, and put together the successful Southern Rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS), writing most of their hit songs. [As a side note, after ARS opened a show for Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in Tulsa in the 1970s, they went to a Tulsa nightclub and jammed for a few songs with Paradise, a local band that included RBN’s Rusty Braziel and Mickey McMahan.] Brian Barber directed the video for “Save Room.” It was released as a single in August 2006 and went to #10 on the Billboard Adult R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Once Again was recorded at various studios in 2005-06 and produced by Kanye West, John Legend, Dave Tozer, will.i.am, Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen and Avenue. Released in October 2006, the album went to #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Seven singles were released from the LP.
John Legend (John Roger Stephens) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer and actor. He began his professional career as a session pianist and background vocalist in the late 1990s. He released his debut studio album, Get Lifted, on Kanye West’s Good Music label in 2004. Legend has released 10 studio albums, six live albums, three EPs and 56 singles and has sold over 7 million records worldwide. He has won an Academy Award, three Daytime Emmy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 13 Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, an American Music Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards. Legend has appeared on 26 television shows, 11 motion pictures, and has been a judge on the TV talent show "The Voice” for nine seasons. He still records and will begin a U.S. tour in mid-March.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
