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TotalEnergies signs 20-year LNG purchase agreement with NextDecade- oil and gas 360

TotalEnergies signs 20-year LNG purchase agreement with NextDecade

(World Oil) – TotalEnergies has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with NextDecade to buy 1.5 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the future Train 4 liquefaction unit at the Rio Grande LNG facility. The SPA, of a duration of twenty years, is subject to NextDecade taking a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC mulls bid for Aethon’s US natgas assets, Bloomberg News reports- oil and gas 360

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC mulls bid for Aethon’s US natgas assets, Bloomberg News reports

(BOE Report) – Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC is considering a bid for natural gas assets of investment firm Aethon Energy Management that could potentially be worth about $9 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. ADNOC has done a string of acquisitions in gas and chemicals, which along with LNG and renewables it

US regulators issue preliminary environmental support for Rio Grande LNG- oil and gas 360

US regulators issue preliminary environmental support for Rio Grande LNG

(BOE Report) – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a preliminary decision on Friday supporting environmental approval for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project in southern Texas. In August, a Washington, D.C. Circuit court quashed the regulator’s approval for the plant at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, saying it failed to issue a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on how communities will

Canada and Mexico Boost Competition for U.S. LNG Exports to Asia- oil and gas 360

Canada and Mexico boost competition for U.S. LNG exports to Asia

Oil Price The U.S. North American neighbors are emerging as the latest competitors of the United States to ship LNG to Asia, the world’s biggest and most important LNG-importing region. While U.S. LNG development has suffered a series of setbacks in recent months, Canada and Mexico are looking to tap the growing Asian market for the super-chilled fuel, analysts tell

U.S. senator warns France's Macron over gas exports deal delay- oil and gas 360

U.S. senator warns France’s Macron over gas exports deal delay

Reuters WASHINGTON – Any French involvement in holding up a multi-billion dollar natural gas deal over environmental concerns could damage the country’s trade ties with the United States, a Republican senator has warned in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron. Reuters and other media outlets reported last month that the French government asked power group Engie ENGIE.PA to delay signing a

France halts Engie's U.S. LNG deal amid trade, environment rows- oil and gas 360

France halts Engie’s U.S. LNG deal amid trade, environment rows

Reuters PARIS/NEW YORK  – The French government asked power group Engie ENGIE.PA to hold off on signing a multi-billion dollar U.S. liquefied natural gas import contract on concerns over the deal’s environmental implications, a source familiar with the matter said. The intervention comes amid growing scrutiny over the effects of shale gas extraction methods such as fracking and their impact on

FERC poised to make permit decisions on four LNG export projects in Texas- oil and gas 360

FERC poised to make permit decisions on four LNG export projects in Texas

Houston Chronicle Federal regulators appear poised to make permit decisions on the applications submitted by four liquefied natural gas export terminals in Texas.   After more than three years of review, commissioners with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have placed permit decisions for the four projects on the agenda for the agency’s Thursday morning meeting. Three of the proposed projects

NextDecade Names New Chairman

NextDecade Corporation (stock ticker: NEXT) said that its board has elected company CEO Matthew K. Schatzman to serve as chairman, effective June 4, 2019. Schatzman replaces Matthew W. Bonanno, who served as interim chairman since May 14, 2019, following the untimely death of Kathleen M. Eisbrenner, 58, the company’s founder and chairman. She served jointly as chairman and CEO until

U.S. LNG Export Industry Loses a Strong Founder, Chairman - Oil & Gas 360

U.S. LNG Export Industry Loses a Strong Founder, Chairman

On Friday, NextDecade Corporation (stock ticker: NEXT) reported that Kathleen M. Eisbrenner, 58, the company founder and chairman of the board, had died. Kathleen M. Eisbrenner, NextDecade founder and former CEO “It is with great sorrow that we announce the untimely passing of our friend and colleague,” said Matthew K. Schatzman, President and Chief Executive Officer of NextDecade. “Kathleen was