Steve Hill, executive vice president of Shell Energy, discusses Shell’s growth in the liquefied natural gas industry aboard Dynagas’ Lena River LNG carrier as its docked at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG
SABINE PASS, La. – In 2011, Cheniere Energy was a little-known company with big ambitions when it signed an $8 billion contract that would transform the United States into an exporter of liquefied natural gas after decades of relying on foreign suppliers. Five years later, just days before the Houston company shipped its first LNG cargo, another big deal gave a jolt to nascent U.S. industry. Royal Dutch Shell bought Cheniere’s customer, BG Gas for $50 billion, a move that made Shell the world’s largest international LNG producer and marketerand allied it with this nation’s biggest LNG exporter. Shell remains Cheniere’s best customer, buying almost half the production of Cheniere’s massive Sabine Pass LNG terminal. FULL ARTICLE