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LNG Dawns on the High Seas

In the 1920s, cruise ships made a leap in transportation fuel from coal to heavy fuel oil. Since that time, the industry has vastly expanded with luxury liners sailing on nearly every ocean while pampering passengers with well-appointed rooms, fine … Continue reading

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U.S. Becomes a Net Natural Gas Exporter

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The U.S. has traditionally been a natural gas importer that depends on pipeline supplies from Canada, and, to a lesser extent, amounts of gas via LNG tanker. Source: Data from EIA website … Continue reading

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What Do Growing LNG Exports Mean for the U.S.?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In our latest blog post on LNG we explained what LNG is and how it is produced.  We then noted that LNG exports by the U.S. have grown substantially in the last year: … Continue reading

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How the LNG Delivery System Works and What LNG Means for the U.S.

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The winter of 2016/2017 was the first winter season with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the continental U.S. Historically the U.S. exported small amounts of LNG from a facility in Alaska, … Continue reading

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Continental U.S. Begins Exporting LNG Despite Uncertain Global Market, part II

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Facilitator In last week’s post I delved into how the United States’ lower 48 is, for the first time ever, exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to overseas markets. On February 24, 2016, the first LNG tanker … Continue reading

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Continental U.S. Begins Exporting LNG Despite Uncertain Global Market, part I

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Facilitator The natural gas market, like all commodity markets, is a moving target that once again is shifting. But for U.S. gas production there is a new factor: global price exposure due to U.S. liquefied natural … Continue reading

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Will the U.S. Shale Gas Supply Peak Sooner Than Predicted?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Less than 10 years ago, the industry consensus was that natural gas was becoming scarce in the United States. Based on this belief, gas and oil majors spent billions building liquefied natural … Continue reading

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Stealth Demand for Natural Gas Fuel is Quietly Building

by Belinda Petty, Enerdynamics Instructor Those in the natural gas industry are very aware of the natural gas supply surplus in the U.S. Articles fill industry trade newsletters and mainstream media. Additionally, there are numerous blurbs outlining big future demand … Continue reading

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Mexican Natural Gas – The Next Paradigm Buster?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Back when I worked in Calgary in the early 1990s, a consultant’s study made the rounds suggesting that Canadian producers should be alert to a possible competitive threat from the south.  Specifically … Continue reading

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LNG Rail, Trucking, and Shipping Soon to Be Common?

by  Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor Low North American natural gas prices continue to fundamentally change the future of energy.  In Enerdynamics’ blog, we’ve already talked about the shift to gas-fired electricity generation[1], development of Compressed Natural Gas … Continue reading

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