![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to Port Arthur and Cameron, Sempra Infrastructure is also building an export component to an already existing LNG terminal near Ensenada, Mexico, called Energía Costa Azul, that is expected to be completed by mid-2025. Since then, European Union countries have scrambled to make deals with LNG exporters in other countries.Īsian countries such as Japan and South Korea have also been reliable buyers of global LNG. Russia’s state-owned natural gas company, Gazprom, supplied about 40 percent of the gas that heated European homes and powers businesses prior to the invasion. The LNG market has taken a higher profile in the aftermath of Russia’s war in Ukraine. LNG supporters say natural gas has helped reduce net global greenhouse gas emissions because natural gas is a much cleaner fuel than coal, although climate activists say exporting LNG extends the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. ![]() “Also, these tankers will stir up mud and make it cloudy in the water and you can’t shrimp or fish in that environment either.” “You might lose a half day of shrimping because a tanker is passing because the Coast Guard forces you to get out of the way for navigation reasons,” Rolfes said. Not far from Port Arthur LNG, Sempra Infrastructure also operates and is the majority owner of Cameron LNG, a $10.5 billion export facility on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana that opened in August 2020.Īnne Rolfes is director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a group opposed to LNG projects on the Gulf Coast. “Thanks to FERC, Sempra emissions will significantly add more toxins, more pollution into our air, inflicting more suffering on people who have little means to fight back against billion-dollar companies or the government,” John Beard, the group’s CEO, said in an email to the Union-Tribune. ![]()
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