U.S. EIA LNG Export Weekly Update March 8th, 2018

On March 8th, 2018 the U.S. Energy Information Administration released their Natural Gas Weekly Update. The update noted U.S. LNG exports increased week over week. One vessel (LNG-carrying capacity 3.5 Bcf) departed the Cheniere Sabine Pass liquefaction facility about midnight on February 28 and five LNG vessels (LNG-carrying capacity 18.5 Bcf combined) departed the facility from March 1 to March 7. One vessel (LNG-carrying capacity 3.7 Bcf) was loading at the terminal on Wednesday March 7th.

Dominion Energy Cove Point facility loaded its first commissioning cargo onto an LNG vessel, Gemmata (LNG carrying capacity 3.0 Bcf), which departed the facility on March 1 and appears to be en route to South America according to EIA.