US LNG news

A group of Republican Senators have lodged a written query with the FERC regarding the approval of pending LNG export project applications.

Corpus Christi Liquefaction has filed a report with the FERC covering construction through July 2018 at its Corpus Christi, Texas, liquefaction and LNG export terminal.

Conrad Industries Inc. has released a statement announcing the successful completion and delivery of the Clean Jacksonville – the first LNG bunker barge built in North America.

Panama has signed an agreement with the US Treasury and Energy departments that aims to encourage more private investment to expand the importation and distribution of US LNG in Latin America, as reported by Reuters.

Pieridae Energy Ltd has announced that KfW IPEX-Bank has been appointed as an adviser in assisting it to finalise a multibillion US dollar untied loan guarantee from the German federal government under its UFK program.

AES Corp. has released a statement inaugurating AES Colón, a 381 MW combined cycle power plant and the first LNG terminal in Central America.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a request by Cheniere Energy to feed the first gas into its new LNG facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, according to Reuters.

Venture Global LNG Inc. has announced that it has raised additional private capital of approximately US$160 million from large institutional investors.

Sempra Energy has announced that it has formed a new operating group for its North American infrastructure businesses – Sempra North American Infrastructure.

Cheniere Energy Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing International LLP, has entered into an LNG sale and purchase agreement with CPC Corp., Taiwan.