North American renewable energy is on the rise, while coal-fired and nuclear development are fading into the background. Along with the increased renewable generation comes the need for additional transmission and distribution infrastructure. Britt Burt, Industrial Info's vice president of research for the Power Industry, discussed these and other subjects at the company's recent Market Outlook in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. »

America's oil and gas fields are crying out for more pipelines. The Permian Basin--and, to a lesser extent, the Marcellus and Utica shale plays--have developed so rapidly that producers could be forced to trim output, since they lack the takeaway capacity to ship their product. Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, Enable, Williams and other midstream companies are jockeying for the resulting business »

Cheniere Energy Incorporated (NYSE:LNG) (Houston, Texas), through subsidiary Cheniere Marketing LLC, signed an agreement with Vitol Incorporated (Rotterdam, Netherlands) in which Vitol will purchase about 0.7 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cheniere for about 15 years, beginning in 2018. Industrial Info is tracking more than $35.6 billion in active projects involving Cheniere, »

The $5.5 billion Train 1 at Corpus Christi is in its final commissioning stages and is expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2019; the $5.5 billion Train 2 is under construction and is expected to start up in a little more than a year's time. Each has a 4.5 million-metric-ton-per-year capacity. For more »

Billions of dollars in new export terminal projects are now at risk as China's retaliatory measures extend to the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. China's newly proposed 25% tariff on U.S. LNG imports could place $200 billion in unsanctioned project development along the Gulf Coast at risk. U.S. developers seeking to secure sales contracts to fund »