RWE wins Gulf lease for US offshore wind

The energy giant aims to build a capacity of up to 2GW for fixed-bottom offshore wind energy at a location situated 44 miles away from the Louisiana coastline

Centrica strikes £7bn LNG deal

The agreement will allow the company to purchase one million tonnes of LNG every year

Talos Energy partners with EnLink for Louisiana CCS project

The project will focus on the Mississippi River industrial corridor from New Orleans to Baton Rogue, which is one of the largest concentrated sources of CO2 emissions in the US

US gas producers could lose billions in hedging losses, new report warns

Eleven US gas producers could lose more than $5 billion next year, according to a new report

Plans unveiled for $4.5bn blue hydrogen ‘megaproject’ in Louisiana

Air Products will build, own and operate the energy complex, which is expected to produce more than 750m standard cubic feet per day of blue hydrogen

McDonald’s and eBay partner with Lightsource bp for US solar farm

The multinational giants have signed corporate power purchase agreements to power part of their US operations with solar

US Government authorises third LNG export facility

A proposal to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been approved by the US Government. The Department of Energy (DOE) said it has “conditionally granted long-term multi-contract authorisation” to Lake Charles Exports – a venture between UK-based BG Group and Texas-based Energy Transfer Equity – to provide LNG from the Lake Charles Terminal […]

Hunt continues after deadly explosion rocks oil rig

An explosion at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday left one dead, another worker missing and hospitalised 11 more. Over the weekend ships and helicopters were looking for the two workers who vanished when the blast rocked the rig and set it on fire. The oil rig off the coast of […]

Hurricane Isaac cuts power supply for thousands

Thousands of homes on the east of the United States were left without power this morning after Hurricane Isaac hit southeastern Louisiana late yesterday. US supplier Entergy said 409,000 customers were without electricity this morning after high winds sparked “extensive” outages across its power grid. Repair efforts were being impaired by the storm’s lingering high […]

BG Group bags 20-year deal for US gas

UK-headed gas explorer and producer BG Group has signed a 20-year deal to buy 33.5million tonnes of gas from US firm Sabine Pass Liquefaction, a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy. The deal is the first long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase agreement from a project on the US Gulf Coast. Gas exports from the soon to […]