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Delfin requests delay to FLNG plan

GULF OF MEXICO US-BASED Delfin LNG has asked federal energy which Delfin says bolsters its chances of entering
regulators for more time, until September 2022, into long-term LNG offtake contracts.
to bring the onshore facilities related to its pro- The company added in its FERC filing that it
posed floating LNG (FLNG) export project off was “confident that it will secure commercialisa-
the coast of Louisiana into service. This would tion in the coming year”.
be the third extension for the project, which had Delfin’s FLNG project would use existing off-
initially been authorised to enter service by Sep- shore pipelines to supply gas to up to four vessels
tember 2019. that could produce up to 13mn tonnes per year
Delfin is the only FLNG Delfin asked for its first extension in June (tpy) of LNG. The plan is one of several proposed
project proposed for the 2019, and had requested to have until March for the US Gulf Coast, but is the only offshore
Gulf Coast region, while 2023 to complete the project. However, the US project among the proposals.
the other LNG schemes Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) The company’s request for a further exten-
are located onshore. only gave Delfin a one-year extension, until Sep- sion comes as momentum appears to be picking
tember 2020. up for some of the other LNG projects in the
Delfin then succeeded in receiving another region that have yet to reach the final investment
one-year extension in June 2020, giving it until decision (FID) stage. For example, Tellurian
September 2021 to finish the project. However, announced this week that it had signed a long-
delays have continued to plague Delfin’s plans. term lease with the Lake Charles Harbor and
This time, when asking for this third extension, Terminal District in Louisiana for the site of its
the company talked up what it believes to be proposed Driftwood LNG terminal. Signing the
improved prospects for its project. It cited the lease had recently been identified by Tellurian’s
global recovery from the coronavirus (COVID- executive chairman, Charif Souki, as one of the
19) pandemic and said that spot and short-term key remaining steps the company had to take
markets for LNG had “significantly improved”, prior to reaching an FID on Driftwood.™

ENERGY TRANSITION

Southwestern commits to RSG in Appalachia

APPALACHIA SOUTHWESTERN Energy announced last demonstrate that it is taking steps to reduce the
week that it had struck a deal with Project environmental impact of its operations. Emis-
Canary to certify all of its Appalachian Basin sions monitoring is a key component of these
shale gas output as being responsibly sourced. efforts, and Project Canary has found its services
The company said it would obtain the respon- increasingly in demand among industry players.
sible sourced gas (RSG) certification using Indeed, another high-profile shale gas player,
Project Canary’s TrustWell standards and con- Chesapeake Energy, partnered with Project
tinuous emissions monitoring. Project Canary Canary in April to certify some of its output from
will install its Canary X continuous emissions the Marcellus shale – in the Appalachian Basin
monitoring devices at all of Southwestern’s – and the Haynesville play in Louisiana as being
Appalachian well pad locations, with the stand- responsibly sourced.
ards being applied to existing and new wells It is not producers alone that are turning to
alike. Project Canary to obtain RSG certifications,
This builds on an existing partnership South- though. In May, Berkshire Hathaway Energy
western has with Project Canary, which began in (BHE) Compression Services announced that its
2017 and is anticipated to increase the produc- CleanMachine compressor package had received
er’s certified gross output to over 3bn cubic feet the first-ever equipment-specific TrustWell RSG
(85mn cubic metres) per day. Southwestern has certification for midstream equipment.
since completed six separate RSG sales agree- “The differentiated market for RSG is
ments since it had its first wells certified in 2017. expanding quickly and independent, third-
Under the latest agreement, the certification pro- party certification ensures that the demands of
cess is set to begin in July 2021 and substantially global end-users, with heightened sustainability
all certifications are anticipated to be completed demands, will be met and exceeded through the
by early 2022. energy transition, where RSG will play a central
News of the agreement comes as the US role,” stated Project Canary’s co-founder and
oil and gas industry increasingly tries to CEO, Chris Romer, last week.™

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