Tuesday 30 September 2014

A U-Turn for a Terminal Built in Texas to Import Natural Gas - NYTimes.com

A U-Turn for a Terminal Built in Texas to Import Natural Gas - NYTimes.com:



"The giant Golden Pass natural gas import terminal here, meant to bring Middle Eastern gas to energy-hungry Americans, sits eerily quiet these days, a sleepy museum to a bygone era.



Its 5,000 valves, 50 million pounds of steel and ship berth as big as 77 football fields — representing a $2 billion investment by Qatar Petroleum, Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips — have been dormant for nearly three years. The unexpected American shale fracking frenzy produced such a glut of domestic gas that the United States does not need Qatari gas anymore.



But the Golden Pass story is only beginning."



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