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Kinder Morgan receives green light
to start Acadiana construction
PIPELINES & KINDER Morgan has received permission from add control valves at a bidirectional meter station
TRANSPORT the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Evangeline Parish, as well as building auxiliary
(FERC) to begin construction on the Acadiana facilities.
natural gas expansion project in Louisiana. The Acadiana expansion project comes as
The $143mn project will add around 950mn Cheniere is in the process of a sixth liquefaction
cubic feet (27mn cubic metres) per day of gas train at Sabine Pass. The train is anticipated to
capacity flowing south from existing pipeline enter service in the second half of 2022.
interconnects on the Kinder Morgan Louisiana In other news for Cheniere, the company is
Pipeline (KMLP) system by expanding com- reported not to have received any cargo cancel-
Kinder Morgan said pression facilities. Kinder Morgan said most of lations for loading in December from its two
most of the gas would this gas would go to Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Gulf Coast terminals. This is the first time this
go to Cheniere Energy’s Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana, while has happened since the coronavirus (COVID-
Sabine Pass LNG export the remainder would be available for sale to the 19) pandemic hit global energy demand began
terminal in Louisiana. market. in March, and has been welcomed as a sign of
The project is anticipated to be in service recovery in the LNG market ahead of winter.
around the second quarter of 2022. For Cheniere, which was hardest hit by US
Kinder Morgan’s application for the Acadi- cargo cancellations as the country’s largest LNG
ana project was filed in June 2019, requesting the exporter, this marks a piece of good news during a
FERC’s approval to add three 31,900-horsepower largely disruptive year. The company also said this
gas turbine compressor units at the company’s week that the cause of a fire on October 11 in Train
existing Compressor Station 760 in Acadia Par- 1 was still under investigation and the equipment
ish, Louisiana. Kinder Morgan also requested – within a thermal oxidiser – remained isolated
permission to make piping modifications and while repairs were taking place.
ASIA
China warns over possible domestic
gas supply interruptions
PERFORMANCE CHINA could experience tight natural gas sup-
plies this winter, despite investment in recent
years on building out import capacity, under-
ground storage and domestic transportation
infrastructure.
The National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC) warned on October 20
that guaranteeing uninterrupted supplies to
some areas might be an issue should tempera-
tures plunge for a prolonged period during the
peak demand months of December and January.
NDRC spokeswoman Meng Wei told a press
conference, however, that the country’s gas sup-
ply was “relatively sufficient” and that the supply
and demand balance was “generally better than of a spike in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports
in previous years”. She noted that demand had to meet rising demand from northern provinces.
climbed 3.6% year on year in January-September “Due to strong demand for LNG, many major
to 230.9bn cubic metres. receiving terminals in China jointly pushed up
The NDRC’s warning comes as Chinese LNG prices after the National Day holiday,” the
energy analysts have begun issuing predictions official Global Times quoted Chem365 analyst
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