The US moved one step closer to becoming a global natural gas exporter on Monday as the 160,000 cu m Energy Atlantic LNG carrier began its final approach to Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass export facility, Platts trade flow software, cFlow showed Monday. While US LNG exports from Kenai, Alaska, began as early as 1969, Cheniere’s newly minted export facility will be the first to send gas produced from the Lower-48 states to consumers across the globe. Much of the newly available US gas comes from hydraulic fracking that has lifted monthly production by more than 66% over the last decade to an average 2.46 Tcf in October 2015, compared to 1.48 Tcf in October 2005, the most recent EIA data showed. Early preparations for the commissioning of Cheniere’s first liquefaction train began in late September as feedgas deliveries to Creole Trail began ramping up, peaking at 80 MMcf/d on […]