By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Rachel Adams-Heard and Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) -- Government approval of projects intended to export rising supplies of shale gas could be delayed by 18 months as the top energy regulator struggles with a backlog of permit requests, according to people familiar with the matter. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is notifying some developers of … [Read more...]
Alaska Officials Still Bullish on China Natural Gas Pipeline Partnership
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 11 (Reuters) - Alaska officials on Wednesday said they remain confident that China will help the state achieve its decades-old dream of building a pipeline to carry now-stranded natural gas from the North Slope to markets, despite growing U.S.-China trade tensions. China is expected to buy about 75 percent of the liquefied natural gas … [Read more...]
Panama Canal Opens Way for More LNG Transits With U.S. Exports Rising
By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) -- The Panama Canal Authority will ramp up the movement of massive liquefied natural gas tankers through the waterway starting in October, as U.S. exports of the fuel are set to expand. Under the new rules, the ships can traverse the canal at night, and two at a time can be on Gatun Lake, the man-made waterway at the canal’s north … [Read more...]
U.S. Shale Could Hold a ‘Century Supply’ of Natural Gas
By Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - Natural gas production from U.S. shale fields can keep growing for decades, giving Washington a powerful diplomatic tool to counter the geopolitical influence of other energy exporters such as Russia, industry executives and government officials said at a conference here. Already the world's largest gas producer, the … [Read more...]
U.S. Shale Producers Warn Chinese Tariffs Would Hit Energy Exports
By Ernest Scheyder and Collin Eaton HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) - China's proposed tariffs on U.S. petroleum imports, part of a mounting trade war between the two countries, would crimp sales to the shale industry's largest customer, adding new pressure on U.S. crude prices, energy executives and analysts said in interviews this week. China has said it would slap a 25 percent … [Read more...]