Sandy Segrist

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Senior Editor at Hart Energy

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Delfin LNG Moves Closer to Offshore Production

6 days ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

With the latest round of permitting complete, Delfin LNG may be the first offshore LNG export project in the U.S. to start production. In March, the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a license allowing Delfin LNG to construct, operate and export from its platform located approximately 38 miles off the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The company has previously said it plans to start shipping LNG in 2026.
Kinder Morgan Sees Strong Gas Market, Despite Political Noise

1 week ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) started 2025 with record natural gas volumes on the company’s pipeline network. The midstreamer said strong growth for the rest of the year is expected, regardless of the current state of politics. Executive Chairman Rich Kinder warned investors should take in the whole picture and “not be whipsawed by the perceived ups and downs of just one or two facets of the growth story.”Kinder Morgan held its first-quarter 2025 earnings call on April 16.
LNG Project Costs Already Going Up from Steel Tariffs

1 week ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

The booming U.S. LNG export industry likely faces construction delays in the short term and major market shifts in the long term—depending on the outcome of President Donald Trump’s tariff program, analysts said. The White House’s increased levy on all foreign goods will broadly affect the U.S. economy. On April 16, Federal Chairman Jerome Powell warned that the program may increase the inflation rate and raise unemployment, according to a report from Barron’s.
Fed Survey: NatGas Prices Hit Below Profitable Levels for Midcon E&Ps

1 week ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

Natural gas prices have fallen below what Midcontinent producers consider a profitable level, according to the Kansas City Fed’s First Quarter Energy Survey released April 11. The average price required to make a profit was $3.80/MMBtu, according to the surveyed companies. Answers ranged between $2/MMBtu to just over $6/MMBtu. The Henry Hub closing price on April 14 was $3.32/MMBtu.
South Bow Cleared to Restart Keystone Following North Dakota Oil Spill

1 week ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

South Bow Corp. has completed all repairs, inspections and required testing on the Keystone Pipeline, six days after an oil release halted operations, the company said in an email to Hart Energy on April 14. “South Bow is carefully monitoring inclement weather conditions before being able to proceed with a carefully controlled restart of the Keystone Pipeline today,” said Solomiya Lyaskovska, South Bow communications adviser.
ONEOK, MPLX’s ‘Wellhead-to-Water’ Deal Dominates Permian NGL Race

2 weeks ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

A lot of the energy industry’s attention over the last two years has focused on natural gas coming out of the Permian. Deservedly so. First, there was so much natural gas that producers had to pay to have it taken away, threatening crude production levels. Then, the Matterhorn pipeline opened and other gas pipeline projects reached a final investment decision. More Gulf Coast LNG production came online. AI data center demand exploded out of seemingly nowhere.
Segrist: Coalition of the Unusual Ignites Permitting Change in Blue States

2 weeks ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

Getting pipelines installed in the bluest states in the U.S. will take a coalition as diverse as the Village People. West Texas oilmen. Preachers in Harlem, New York. Utility engineers. “It’s the best coalition out there,” said Tim Ryan, a former Democratic congressman who is part of the leadership council for Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future.
Grappling with the Majors: Boardwalk Bets on Southeast’s Infrastructure Growth

2 weeks ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

Scott Hallam joined Boardwalk Pipelines as president and CEO in the fall of 2023 after spending more than 20 years in all sectors of the energy industry, most recently as an executive vice president at the Williams Cos. He discussed his company’s unique position as a gas-transport-only firm—no processing, no gathering—and the development of gas demand in the South with Oil and Gas Investor’s senior editor of gas and midstream Sandy Segrist.
WhiteWater-Led NatGas Pipeline Traverse Reaches FID

2 weeks ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

A new WhiteWater Midstream-led joint venture (JV) pipeline will give its owners some financial flexibility in Gulf Coast gas markets, analysts said. WhiteWater announced April 3 that the Traverse Pipeline reached a final investment decision. The bi-directional pipeline with capacity of 1.75 Bcf/d will move natural gas 160 miles between the Aqua Dulce Hub in South Texas to the Katy area near Houston. Traverse will have multiple connections to other WhiteWater pipelines.
Venture Global Gets Final Approval to Fully Open Calcasieu Pass LNG

3 weeks ago | hartenergy.com | Sandy Segrist

Venture Global (VG) has permission to put all remaining facilities at the Calcasieu Pass LNG plant into service, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said. In a letter dated April 3, the FERC notified Venture Global that the remaining facilities associated with the plant that first produced LNG in 2022, had passed all required inspections.