Cheniere Loading Tanker With First U.S. Shale Gas for Export
- Loading may take a few days and tanker departure unclear: USCG
- With U.S. awash in gas, companies spending billions to export
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Cheniere Energy Inc. is loading liquefied natural gas into a tanker at its Louisiana export terminal and may be ready to ship the first shale gas from the U.S. within days, the Coast Guard said.
The Houston-based company cooled its tanks Monday in preparation for loading the Asia Vision tanker at its Sabine Pass terminal, Coast Guard spokesman Dustin Williams said in an e-mail and telephone interview Tuesday. The tanker arrived Feb. 21. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-owned energy company, is scheduled to receive the first cargo, according to a person familiar with the deal.