LNG - Cheniere Energy, Inc.
| Previous close | 59.55 |
| Open | 60.04 |
| Bid | 59.79 x 800 |
| Ask | 59.82 x 800 |
| Day's range | 59.72 - 60.40 |
| 52-week range | 57.90 - 70.60 |
| Volume | 1,065,041 |
| Avg. volume | 1,703,409 |
| Market cap | 15.239B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.16 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| EPS (TTM) | -0.87 |
| Earnings date | 24 Feb 2020 |
| Forward dividend & yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-dividend date | N/A |
| 1y target est | 81.23 |
- Oilprice.com
The True Cost Of “Freedom Gas”
The United States is betting big on natural gas, but growing cries from environmentalists could begin to weigh on global demand
- Business Wire
Cheniere Energy Celebrates 1000th LNG Cargo Milestone
Cheniere Energy, Inc. ("Cheniere" or the "Company") (NYSE American: LNG) announced today that it has produced and exported its 1000th cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 1000th cargo was exported within a four-year time period after startup, setting an industry record and making Cheniere the fastest producer in the world to reach this milestone. Cheniere has produced these 1,000 cargoes from both the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project ("SPL Project") and the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project ("CCL Project").
- Bloomberg
Gas Exports Have a Dirty Secret: A Carbon Footprint Rivaling Coal’s
(Bloomberg) -- In May, while President Donald Trump toured a new $10 billion plant designed to prepare natural gas for export, he made a vow. Such facilities would be good for the environment, he said, or they won’t get approved.The president has greenlit 11 projects so far, bringing the U.S. total to 18. Environmentalists once touted the fuel, nicknamed “freedom gas” by the Trump administration, as a better energy alternative, but an analysis shows the plants’ potential carbon dioxide emissions rival those of coal.Not all the export terminals are completed and in use, but if they were, simply operating them could spew 78 million tons of CO₂ into the air every year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from environmental filings. That’s comparable to the emissions of 24 coal plants(3), or 18 gigawatts of coal-fired power—more than Kentucky’s entire coal fleet. And those numbers don’t account for the harm caused by transporting the gas from wellheads to processing facilities and then overseas, which can be significant.“The emissions from these projects can’t be squared with the sorts of drastic, drastic reductions we need in order to avoid catastrophic climate change,” says Nathan Matthews, a senior Sierra Club attorney.As long as natural gas stays in the pipeline, emissions remain relatively low. But the sprawling terminals that export the fuel use ozone-depleting refrigerants to supercool it into liquid form, called LNG. They also belch toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and release excess methane, a greenhouse gas more immediately destructive to the atmosphere than CO₂.Proponents of exporting natural gas, including government officials, argue that it will help wean other countries off coal, and that additional emissions here are offset by lower emissions abroad. But natural gas’s role in global warming is complicated. While the fuel has been key to reducing U.S. emissions as it displaces coal-fired power, the electricity industry’s growing dependence on it has nevertheless “offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline,” according to the Rhodium Group. With the effects of climate change already supercharging wildfires and flooding some coastal communities, the surprise that emissions from LNG terminals rival those of coal plants is not a pleasant one.The surge in U.S. gas production has incentivized the buildout of other fossil-fuel infrastructure, such as petrochemical plants and pipelines. If all of them are built, they could add more than 500 million tons of carbon emissions annually by 2030, according to a study published in Environmental Research Letters.“Industrial emissions such as these, that increase, can move us further away from climate goals,” says Avi Zevin, senior attorney at the New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity, which did its own study of LNG. “Operation of LNG terminals produces billions of dollars of climate damages every year, which have to be added to the damages from emissions of the transported gas that will ultimately be combusted.”The six export terminals currently in operation aren’t yet running at full capacity. At current operating levels, their maximum potential CO₂ emissions are equivalent to those of 5.2 coal-fired plants, according to Bloomberg calculations.The plant in Hackberry, Louisiana, that Trump celebrated last spring, Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG terminal, has one of the largest potential carbon footprints in the analysis—37% higher than the average of 18 facilities Bloomberg(2)reviewed. The biggest potential polluter is Venture Global’s Plaquemines facility, also in Louisiana, whose emissions could be 58% higher than the average of all facilities. Sempra declined to comment, and Venture Global did not respond to emails or calls requesting comment.A 2016 federal assessment of the Cameron plant said it would spew a maximum of 9 million tons of CO₂ a year once it’s fully operational. That’s 328,000 tons of the pollutant for every 1 million tons of gas exported, according to Bloomberg calculations.Other plants have significantly smaller footprints. Annova LNG’s Brownsville terminal in Texas would emit just 59,000 tons of carbon dioxide for every 1 million tons of gas it exports, largely because it plans to use renewable energy rather than gas turbines to power the plant and has designed the facility to capture and recycle excess gas instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. “Annova LNG plans to be the lowest-carbon-emitting LNG export facility in the U.S. as part of its sustainability commitment,” the company said in a statement. Freeport LNG, which began exporting gas from its Texas facility last fall, plans to reduce its emissions “by over 90% relative to other plants,” by using electric-drive motors instead of combustion turbines, CEO Michael Smith said in a Jan. 17 statement. The reasons for the wide differences among plants are unclear, but some facilities generate their own electricity from natural gas rather than pulling it from a regional grid. That’s why, ultimately, Cheniere Energy Inc. sees a greater emissions intensity from its Louisiana terminal vs. the grid-reliant Texas facility, the company says. As of 2018, actual emissions from Cheniere’s two plants in Louisiana and Texas were lower than estimated in their environmental filings, according to EPA records. Both facilities are in the process of being expanded.“We’ve produced our LNG efficiently, lowering our emissions intensity,” said Fiji George, Cheniere’s director of climate and sustainability.The biggest customers for U.S. LNG are South Korea, Japan and—until recently—China. But global demand is softening. Some of the planned export terminals may never be built. Six of the 18 approved plants are already operating, and four are under construction. “China and India would have to grow much faster than they are currently to justify all of this LNG that is being sanctioned,” says Akos Losz, a nonresident fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. The U.S. build-out will require “lots of additional demand, and we’re not seeing that materializing.”Trade tensions have dimmed prospects for U.S. exports. China, one of the world’s biggest LNG importers, has cut purchases of American LNG by more than 80% since 2017. It’s unclear what effect the recent “phase one” trade deal between the U.S. and China will have on shipments.The federal agency charged with approving the projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, argues that higher carbon emissions in the U.S. must be weighed against the potential for lower emissions abroad. “The impacts from greenhouse gas emissions are the same no matter where the facility is located,” FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee said in a statement. “LNG exports shouldn’t be compared to domestic emissions but looked at in the context of how they help address greenhouse gas emissions globally.”Emissions from the 18 planned natural gas export terminals would negate the carbon savings of all U.S. coal plants retired in 2018To be sure, LNG offers many environmental benefits compared with coal, which emits more particulate matter, leaves behind toxic waste, and contributes to acid rain. LNG’s lifecycle emissions—the amount of pollution generated from the moment the gas is pumped to the time it’s consumed—are also generally lower. A 2019 U.S. Energy Department report found that LNG exports to Europe and Asia generated lower lifecycle emissions than locally mined coal used for power generation.There is an exception. If the amount of methane leaked during gas production and transportation exceeds 3.1% over a 20-year period, LNG’s lifecycle emissions become comparable to those of locally mined coal, according to the agency. A 2018 report published in the journal Nature found that leaks across the U.S. now total 2.3% of oil and natural gas production. That figure doesn’t include flaring, or the intentional burning of methane, which has different impact on carbon emissions. In the Permian basin, the world’s highest-producing oil field, the largest producers are flaring an additional 5.1%, according to Rystad Energy.FERC’s environmental reviews rely heavily on data and estimates supplied by developers. The agency almost never rejects applications due to environmental concerns. Last year, the commission announced plans to open an office in Houston dedicated to expediting approvals of LNG infrastructure, doubling down on the Trump administration’s commitment to gas exports.(Michael Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, has committed $500 million to launch Beyond Carbon, a campaign aimed at closing the remaining coal-powered plants in the U.S. by 2030 and slowing the construction of gas plants.)(Adds information about the Nature methane study in the second-to-last paragraph.)(1) Bloomberg's analysis of the impact of new export facilities doesn’t include emissions from burning gas for energy, transporting it by pipeline or shipping it by sea. Carbon dioxide emissions per coal-fired power plant were calculated by dividing the CO2-equivalent output of all U.S. coal-fired power (1.19 billion tons) by the number of operating plants in 2018 (367). That equates to 3.25 million tons of CO2-equivalent emissions per coal facility. This is the same methodology used by the Environmental Protection Agency in its Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.(2) Emissions intensity was calculated by dividing the CO2 equivalent emissions for fully operational terminals by 1.10231131 to convert short tons to metric tons, then dividing that by each facility’s liquefaction nameplate capacity. Emissions and capacity were taken from federal environmental filings.\--With assistance from Anastacia Dialynas and Brian Bartholomew.To contact the authors of this story: Catherine Traywick in Denver at ctraywick@bloomberg.netStephen Cunningham in Washington at scunningha10@bloomberg.netNaureen Malik in New York at nmalik28@bloomberg.netDave Merrill in Washington at dmerrill6@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Bob Ivry at bivry@bloomberg.net, David MarinoFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- Business Wire
Cheniere Announces Timing of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Cheniere Energy, Inc. ("Cheniere" or the "Company") (NYSE American: LNG) announced today that it plans to issue its earnings release with respect to fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 before the market opens. Cheniere will host a conference call for investors and analysts at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time) to discuss fourth quarter and full year results.
- Zacks
Sinopec (SNP) to Review Multi-Billion LNG Deal With Cheniere
While LNG prices plunge due to a supply glut, this gives Sinopec (SNP) a leverage over Cheniere, which is the supplier in the potential $16-billion LNG deal.
- Financial Times
US gas exporters fight to survive supply glut
Companies ranging from Royal Dutch Shell and Total to utilities and smaller independent groups are racing into the LNG export market, but planned capacity exceeds what is likely to be needed. The consultancy McKinsey predicts that only one in 10 proposed export terminals will ever be built.
- Simply Wall St.
Have Insiders Been Buying Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG) Shares This Year?
We've lost count of how many times insiders have accumulated shares in a company that goes on to improve markedly. On...
- Zacks
Trade Deal Impacts the Energy Sector: LNG to Gain the Most?
Of the additional $200-billion purchase of U.S. goods over the next two years (keeping 2017 imports as the base level), $52.4 billion will likely come from the energy sector.
- Bloomberg
China to Buy $52 Billion of Additional U.S. Energy Products
(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. China agreed to buy $52.4 billion of additional U.S. energy products as part of a landmark trade deal signed by the world’s two top economic superpowers.The purchases over two years will include liquefied natural gas, crude oil, refined products and coal, the U.S. government said Wednesday in Washington. It didn’t provide additional details on the energy purchases, which comprise about a quarter of the $200 billion total of extra imports that China has committed to.The accord is a promising sign for the U.S. LNG industry, which is facing a global market awash with excess supply. China, the world’s fastest-growing buyer of the heating and power-plant fuel, hasn’t imported any American cargoes since February 2019.Though shipments of shale gas from American export terminals completed in the past three years have made the U.S. one of the world’s top suppliers, some newer projects have stalled without Chinese purchasers. The struggle to sign long-term sales contracts has undermined efforts to secure financing for the multibillion-dollar facilities.Shares of Cheniere Energy Inc., the largest U.S. LNG exporter, rose as much as 2.6% in New York trading as the broader equities market gained, while rival Tellurian Inc. was up as much as 2.7%. Crude oil and natural gas futures pared losses.“The phase one agreement between the United States and China is a step in the right direction that will hopefully restore the burgeoning U.S. LNG trade with China,” Jack Fusco, chief executive officer of Cheniere and one of the business leaders present at the signing ceremony at the White House, said in a statement.U.S. oil exports to China have also slumped because of the trade war. China skipped crude purchases from the U.S. for six months through November, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.Despite losing its top customer, U.S. oil exports have remained steady as shipments to other locations including the U.K., Europe and South Korea edge higher. Late last year, U.S. exports even touched a record 4.5 million barrels a day.While China has tapered off its imports of American crude, the Asian nation hasn’t moved away from its dependence on foreign oil. China imported 10.16 million barrels a day last year, according to customs figures released Tuesday, topping the 10.12 million the U.S. bought at its importing peak in 2005.Coal will likely be a small component of the trade accord with China, the world’s largest producer of the commodity. The U.S. shipped about $128 million of coal to China last year through November, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.(Updates with market reaction in fifth paragraph, coal in 10th)\--With assistance from Stephen Voss and Will Wade.To contact the reporters on this story: Christine Buurma in New York at cbuurma1@bloomberg.net;Naureen S. Malik in New York at nmalik28@bloomberg.net;Catherine Ngai in New York at cngai16@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Simon Casey at scasey4@bloomberg.netFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
- Zacks
WPX or LNG: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?
WPX vs. LNG: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
- Zacks
China Grants New Tariff Exemptions for US Goods Before 2020
China's recent set of tariff exemptions include six U.S. chemical and oil products.
- Simply Wall St.
Is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s (NYSEMKT:LNG) CEO Paid At A Competitive Rate?
Jack Fusco became the CEO of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG) in 2016. First, this article will compare CEO...
- Zacks
Why Is Cheniere Energy (LNG) Down 1.6% Since Last Earnings Report?
Cheniere Energy (LNG) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.
- Oilprice.com
Global LNG Markets Are Circling The Drain
Asian and European LNG prices are falling through the floor as a result of mild winter weather and a new wave of supply from the US, Australia and Russia
- Zacks
Oil & Gas Stock Roundup: ConocoPhillips' 10-Year Plan, HollyFrontier's Dividend Boost
ConocoPhillips (COP) unveiled a 10-year plan that targets, among others, $50 billion in free cash flow. Meanwhile, HollyFrontier (HFC) raised its dividend by 6%.
- Zacks
Cheniere's Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project Gets FERC Nod
Cheniere's (LNG) liquefaction platform comprising Corpus Christi liquefaction project on the US Gulf Coast and the Corpus Christi's stage 3 development will have production capacity of nearly 25 mtpa.
- Zacks
Oil & Gas Stock Roundup: Linde, Helmerich & Payne Earnings Top
Linde plc (LIN) and Helmerich & Payne Inc. (HP) reported better-than-expected September quarter earnings.
- Zacks
Cheniere (LNG) Reports Q3 Loss on Higher Operating Expenses
In Q3, Cheniere (LNG) shipped 108 cargoes, reflecting a rise of 66% from the year-ago level.
- Zacks
More New Records for Dow, NASDAQ Despite a Slower Rally
More New Records for Dow, NASDAQ Despite a Slower Rally
