Christopher E. Smith

Texas

Editor in Chief at Oil & Gas Journal

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Sempra reaffirms Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 FID by end-2025

5 days ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Sempra reaffirms Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 FID by end-2025Construction underway this year on the plant’s 13-million tpy Phase 1 includes foundations, steel and pipe installation, dredging, and major equipment setting. Work was paused 2 weeks ago when a scaffolding collapse killed three people on the job site. Sempra Infrastructure reported that a previously announced target of taking final investment decision on Port Arthur LNG’s 13-million tonne/year (tpy) Phase 2 by end-2025 remains in place.
Energy Transfer targets end-2025 FID on Lake Charles LNG plant

1 week ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Energy Transfer targets end-2025 FID on Lake Charles LNG plantThe company last month signed an HoA with MidOcean Energy LLC to jointly develop the project. It also agreed to sell a Japanese utility 1 million tpy of offtake and signed an HoA with a German utility for offtake of another 1 million tpy. Energy Transfer LP is targeting final investment decision (FID) on its 16.45-million tonne/year (tpy) Lake Charles LNG plant in Calcasieu Parish, La., by end-2025.
Project Greensand’s first CO2 carrier completes hull construction

2 weeks ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Project Greensand’s first CO2 carrier completes hull constructionThe vessel was specifically designed to transport liquefied CO₂ from onshore capture sites to offshore storage in the Danish part of the North Sea. Project Greensand marine contractor Wagenborg Offshore Operations BV has completed hull construction of the 8-million tonne/year (tpy) carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project’s first CO2 carrier. The work was carried out by Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands.
South Dakota denies CCS pipeline route application

3 weeks ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission has denied Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) LLC’s route permit application for its 18-million tonne/year Midwest Carbon Express carbon capture and sequestration pipeline project in the US Midwest, voting 2-1 against it. The move followed a bill signed into law last month by South Dakota Gov.
GAIL nears completion of 2,000-mile natural gas pipeline network

1 month ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

GAIL (India) Ltd. has completed laying more than 97.6 % of its Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra natural gas pipeline (JHBDPL) network, delivering gas to eastern and northeastern parts of India. Commercial operations are under way on 96.6% of the line, including sections connecting Phulpur-Dobhi-Bokaro-Durgapur, Bokaro-Angul-Dhamra, and Dobhi-Barauni-Guwahati.
Cedar LNG selects pipeline construction company

1 month ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Cedar LNG, a partnership between Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corp., has selected Ledcor Haisla LP (LHLP) to build the 400-MMcfd pipeline supplying natural gas to its 3.3-million tonne/year floating LNG (FLNG) plant in Kitimat, BC. This pipeline will draw its gas from the TC Energy Corp.-operated 2.1-bcfd Coastal GasLink system.
WaterBridge launches Delaware basin water open season

1 month ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Pipelines & TransportationWaterBridge launches Delaware basin water open seasonWaterBridge Operating launched an open season to support construction of its 30-in. OD Speedway produced water gathering and transportation pipelines. WaterBridge pipelinesWaterBridge Operating LLC has launched an open season to support construction of its 30-in. OD Speedway produced water gathering and transportation pipelines. The open season is scheduled to end May 1, 2025.
The Business: Rapid Response Fabrication, Delivering When it Matters Most

1 month ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

PodcastsThe Business: Rapid Response Fabrication, Delivering When it Matters MostIn this episode, Editor-in-Chief Christopher E. Smith is joined by Dan Creech, executive vice-president of strategy and business development for Enerfab Process Solutions. With this episode, Oil & Gas Journal kicks off a new series within the ReEnterprised podcast: The Business. In these sponsored episodes, Oil & Gas Journal will talk with companies across the energy space about their latest activities.
Rio Grande LNG boosts planned capacity to 45 million tpy

2 months ago | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Pipelines & TransportationLNGRio Grande LNG boosts planned capacity to 45 million tpyPhase 1 encompasses Trains 1-3, with a combined nameplate capacity of 18 million tpy. Trains 4-5 would add 9 million tpy and Trains 6-8 an additional 18 million tpy. NextDecade Corp. has begun development of three additional trains for its Rio Grande LNG liquefaction plant on the north shore of the Brownsville Ship Channel in south Texas, bringing its total planned capacity to 45 million tonnes/year (tpy).
Harvest buys Kenai LNG to repurpose as import terminal

Feb 7, 2025 | ogj.com | Christopher E. Smith

Pipelines & TransportationHarvest buys Kenai LNG to repurpose as import terminalHarvest Alaska has agreed with Marathon Petroleum and Chugach Electric to buy the existing Kenai LNG plant, currently owned by a Marathon subsidiary, and repurpose it to be a regasification terminal. Harvest Alaska, an affiliate of Harvest Midstream Co., has agreed with Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Chugach Electric Assoc.