Cove Point boosts US LNG exports
A second facility will start supplying the fuel to international markets as American liquefied gas shipments gather pace
America's second major liquefied natural gas export plant, Dominion Energy's Cove Point project, is nearing its first cargo for export, marking the latest step in the US' transformation into a major supplier. Dominion said this week that its $4bn export facility in Maryland had started taking in feed gas for liquefaction, making first exports imminent. The initial test gas is being supplied and will be sold on by Shell. But the 5.4m tonnes per year—0.7bn cubic feet a day—facility is fully contracted for 20 years to sell gas to a joint venture between Japan's Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas as well as India's GAIL, some of Asia's biggest LNG buyers. Most of the gas being fed into Cove Point is expecte
Also in this section
10 March 2026
From Venezuela to Hormuz, the US—backed by the most powerful military force ever assembled—is redrawing not only oil and gas flows but also the global balance of energy power
10 March 2026
By shutting the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has cut exports of distillate-rich Middle Eastern crude, jet fuel and diesel, and is holding the energy market hostage
10 March 2026
Eni’s director for global gas and LNG portfolio, Cristian Signoretto, discusses how demand will respond to rising LNG supply, and how the company is expanding its own gas and LNG operations through disciplined, capital-efficient investments
9 March 2026
Petroleum Economist analysis sees increases in output from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Kazakhstan among others before region’s murky descent
