New U.S. LNG export projects battling rising labor and equipment costs and/or financing woes have one more thing to worry about that the first wave of projects didn’t: ensuring the feedgas supply will be there when they need it. Bottlenecks have already developed for moving natural gas volumes to the Louisiana coast, where the bulk of future export capacity will be sited. As more liquefaction capacity is built out and more export projects are greenlighted, a lot more pipeline capacity will be needed to move feedgas supply from the Haynesville and other supply basins into southern Louisiana and across the last mile to the terminals. In today’s RBN blog, we conclude our roundup of pipeline expansions in the Bayou State that would help ease transportation constraints and balance the market, this time with a look at announced-but-yet-to-be sanctioned greenfield pipeline expansions, along with an update on their associated export projects.
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As we said in Part 1, there are nearly 30 LNG export projects we track in our LNG Voyager report that are jockeying for a piece of the global gas market. Of those, five are under construction or greenlighted for the northwestern corner of the Gulf Coast from the Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX, area to the Mississippi River. There are more that have their regulatory approvals and are inching closer to securing the necessary financing and/or offtake commitments and are likely to take financial investment decisions (FIDs) in the next year, as well as others that are at various stages of regulatory approvals and financing/offtake agreements but still may get done. The expected onslaught of gas demand from these projects, particularly along the Louisiana coast and the increasingly constrained pipeline system in the region, has raised concerns about worsening supply-demand imbalances as new liquefaction capacity comes online. That, in turn, has driven a slew of pipeline project announcements from LNG developers and pipeline companies to ensure the supply will be there when and where it’s needed.
To understand how the second wave of LNG export projects will shape the Louisiana gas market in the coming years, we’ve been delving into the recently completed and future pipeline expansions targeting export demand. In Part 1 of this series we highlighted recently completed pipeline expansions, including Louisiana Xpress and Alberta Xpress on TC Energy’s Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) and ANR Pipeline systems, Kinder Morgan’s Acadiana expansion of its Louisiana system, and Energy Transfer’s Gulf Run Transmission. In Part 2, we turned to recently sanctioned pipeline expansions targeting export demand in southwestern Louisiana, including projects that will debottleneck north-to-south pipeline capacity within the state, most of which would bring incremental supply to the Gillis, LA, area. In Part 3 and Part 4, we turned our attention to projects that are moving forward for increasing feedgas supplies in southeastern Louisiana, including for the first LNG export facility to take FID in that area: Venture Global’s (VG) Plaquemines LNG. That brings us to today’s focus: the final category of feedgas-related pipeline projects — ones that were announced but have yet to be sanctioned, primarily pending FIDs for the related export projects themselves.
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About the song
“Gotta Get Over” was written by Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley and Nikka Costa. It appears as the fourth song on Eric Clapton's 19th studio album, Old Sock. It was released as a digital download and CD single in February 2013. The song features Chaka Khan on backing vocals. It has a groove that harkens back to Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos days and features some wah-wah guitar fills that would have fit in with his days with Cream. Personnel on the record were: Eric Clapton (lead vocal, guitars), Doyle Bramhall II (guitars, backing vocals), Greg Leisz (steel guitar), Tim Carmon (Hammond B3 organ), Chris Stainton (Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano), Willie Weeks (bass), Steve Gadd (drums), and Sharon White, Michelle John, Julie Clapton (backing vocals).
Old Sock became the name of the album after Clapton sent David Bowie a compliment on his single, “Where Are We Now?” Bowie replied back appreciatively, referring to Clapton as “Old Sock,” whereupon Clapton asked permission to use the term for the album title. The LP features several blues covers and two original songs, with several guest artists sitting in, including Taj Mahal, Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney and J.J. Cale. It was Cale’s last recorded contribution before his death in July 2013. The album was recorded between 2012 and 2013 and produced by Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley and Simon Climie. Released in March 2013, it went to #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Two singles were released from the LP.
Eric Clapton is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is always ranked in the Top 10 on any list of the greatest guitarists of all time. His interpretive playing of Freddie King’s guitar stylings on the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers’ Beano album in 1966 influenced generations of rock and blues guitarists. His professional career started with The Yardbirds, then John Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos, before starting his long solo career in 1970. As a solo artist, he has released 21 studio albums, 15 live albums, 21 compilation albums, seven soundtrack albums, six collaborative albums and 81 singles. He has sold more than 280 million records worldwide. He has won 18 Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, four Ivor Novello Awards, and was awarded a CME. He is the only three-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist, and then as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. In 1988, Clapton founded the Crossroads Centre in Antiqua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. He has produced several large Crossroads Festivals over the years, with earnings going to help fund the facility. Clapton continues to record and tour.
