This is the first pipeline system to implement PCG aggregation pooling service.
Any major disruption to the CPC would put further strain on the global oil market which is facing one of its the worst supply crunches since the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s.
NextDecade’s supply deal with China Gas, the financial terms of which have not been disclosed yet, is for 20 years and LNG will be delivered from the second train at Rio Grande LNG.
QatarEnergy’s agreement with Shell this month is the last related to the $28.8 billion North Field East expansion project, the world’s single largest LNG project.
Northern Access, which includes a 99-mile (159-km) pipeline, is designed to deliver about 0.49 Bcf/d of gas from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania to New York.
The flow is draining the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which last month fell to the lowest since 1986.
“Continued operation of Freeport’s LNG export facility without corrective measures may pose an integrity risk to public safety, property or the environment,” the U.S. PHMSA said in its preliminary report.
Mountain Valley—the only big gas pipe under construction in Appalachia—is one of several U.S. pipeline projects delayed by regulatory and legal fights with environmental and local groups.
Permian Pipeline, jointly owned by Kinder Morgan, Kinetik Holdings and ExxonMobil subsidiaries, will proceed with its expansion project across the state of Texas.
Louisiana Energy Gateway will facilitate delivery of natural gas to Gulf Coast customers including LNG terminals.