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After lining up the last of its federal permits, Kimmeridge’s Commonwealth LNG plans to make a final investment decision by October, the company said June 18. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ended the ongoing environmental battle that had delayed the final order by declaring that the project located near Cameron, Louisiana, was “environmentally acceptable” and “not inconsistent with the public interest.”Commonwealth LNG is a 9.5 million tonness a year (mtpa) export terminal project.

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LNG Canada is potentially hours away from its first production of LNG, marking the country's entry into the sector with the only LNG terminal on the North American West Coast. The facility at Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to produce its first LNG in three or four days, Reuters reported on June 18. The report was attributed to unnamed sources. A spokesperson for LNG Canada did not confirm the report and referred to the most recent update on the company’s website in an email to Hart Energy.

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Texas’ next salt dome natural gas storage project took a major step forward on June 17 with the state government approving its construction. The Texas Railroad Commission approved a permit to build the Freeport Energy Storage Hub, an underground natural gas storage facility in Fort Bend County, Texas. Gulf Coast Midstream Partners (GCMS) filed the application in February.

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Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline is selling the entirety of its Canadian NGL assets to Keyera for US$3.75 billion (CA$5.15 billion). Keyera will also be purchasing select U.S. assets. Plains will continue to hold its U.S. NGL assets and Canadian crude assets. The transaction is expected to close in early 2026. Canadian-based Keyera said the transaction gives the company a fully connected NGL corridor across the full width of Canada.

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The techies say the deployment of AI is revolutionary. Work becomes easier. Health care becomes more effective. Transportation gets faster. Everything changes, and everything is supposed to start changing now. Especially for the people who produce and move natural gas. The tech megacompanies—Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet, the parent company of Google—plan to invest up to $320 billion on AI in 2025, CNBC reported in February. Last year, the amount was closer to $100 billion.