liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant News

Japan’s LNG Buyers Assess How Insurance Halt Will Affect Supplies

Japan’s buyers of Russian liquefied natural gas are assessing how imminent changes to shipping insurance — triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine — will affect supplies from the key Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East. Three Japanese insurance companies …

EPA Denies Request to Exempt 2 Gulf Coast Plants From Air Pollution Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday denied a request by Cheniere Energy, a leading U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas, to exempt two Gulf Coast plants from a federal air pollution rule. An EPA spokesman says the agency on Tuesday …

Regulator Bars Texas Plant Restart Over Safety Concerns

The second-biggest U.S. liquefied natural gas export facility hit by fire earlier this month will not be allowed to repair or restart operations until it addresses risks to public safety, a pipeline regulator said on Thursday. The June 8 blast …

Expansion of Natural Gas Terminals Brings Another Risk to Louisiana

The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris: remnants of cabinets and chunks of pink shower. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles after hurricanes tore through Lake Charles. Larce, like many …

Cash-Strapped Papua New Guinea Gov’t Struggles to Help Desperate Quake Survivors

Almost a month after a deadly earthquake, Papua New Guinea is struggling to get aid to desperate survivors, having allocated just a fraction of its relief funds, while a rent dispute left disaster officials briefly locked out of their offices. …

Papua New Guinea Faces Long Road to Recovery After Quake; Death Toll Passes 100

Papua New Guinea faces a long road to recovery after the powerful earthquake that hit the nation’s rugged highlands more than 10 days ago, with the death toll now believed to have climbed to more than 100, its leader said. …

ExxonMobil Says Papua New Guinea LNG Plant to Be Closed for 2 Months After Quake

ExxonMobil Corp. said on Monday it would take about eight weeks to restore production at the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project (LNG), following a powerful earthquake that hit the country’s energy-rich interior a week ago. The 7.5 magnitude …

Exxon Mobil’s Airstrip in Papua New Guinea Heavily Damaged After Earthquake

Exxon Mobil Corp. built a runway to land some of the world’s biggest planes as part of its endeavor to tap gas riches in one of the most remote spots on Earth. But an earthquake Monday in Papua New Guinea …

Weather, Road Damage Slows Relief Efforts After Papua New Guinea Quake

The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea’s rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise further, officials said on Thursday, as damage to roads, runways and phone lines slowed …

Exxon’s LNG Plant in Papua New Guinea Could Be Shut for 6 Weeks After Quake

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea may remain shut for six weeks after an earthquake rocked the country’s remote highlands, which are home to the venture’s upstream gas supplies, according to UBS …