Energy news for August 31, 2026
August 31, 2026 · 15 stories
15 stories from across midstream & lng and power. The day led with Saipem wins pre-FEED contract for Synhelion synthetic fuels plant in Germany.
Markets
Saipem wins pre-FEED contract for Synhelion synthetic fuels plant in Germany
Synhelion AG hired Saipem to engineer a commercial-scale synthetic fuels plant at RWE's Chemiepark Knapsack site in Hurth, Germany.
Power
Orrön Energy closes Nordic renewables merger with Cloudberry Clean Energy
Orrön Energy closed its merger with Cloudberry Clean Energy, taking a 27.01 percent stake and two board seats.
Geopolitics & Supply
Iran completes two wells at Balal gas field, project reaches 42%
Pars Oil and Gas Company finished two work packages at the Iran-Qatar offshore field, which is expected to start producing gas within two years.
Midstream & LNG
Cheniere completes Corpus Christi Stage 3, ships 5,000th LNG cargo
Cheniere Energy finished Corpus Christi Stage 3 and loaded its 5,000th LNG cargo within a day, lifting capacity to about 56 million tonnes a year.
Midstream & LNG
Cheniere completes Corpus Christi Stage 3, hits 5,000th LNG cargo
The expansion lifts Cheniere's LNG capacity more than 20% to about 56 million tonnes a year, days after its 5,000th cargo left the Gulf Coast.
Midstream & LNG
Double E Pipeline reaches final investment decision on 900 MMcf/d expansion
Summit Midstream and ExxonMobil's Double E system will add about 900 MMcf/d of capacity to the Waha Hub by the fourth quarter of 2028.
Midstream & LNG
Cheniere completes Corpus Christi Stage 3, ships its 5,000th LNG cargo
Cheniere finished Corpus Christi Stage 3 and shipped its 5,000th LNG cargo within a day of each other, pushing capacity to about 56 million tonnes a year.
Midstream & LNG
Cheniere completes Corpus Christi Stage 3, ships 5,000th LNG cargo
Bechtel turned over the last of seven trains at Corpus Christi on August 28, pushing Cheniere's LNG output capacity to about 56 million tonnes a year.
Midstream & LNG
Summit Midstream sanctions $100 million Double E pipeline expansion
Summit Midstream's Double E Pipeline reached a final investment decision on a mainline compression expansion adding 900 MMcf/d of capacity to Waha by 2028.
Power
PJM issues maximum generation alert as heat pushes peak demand toward 156,083 MW
PJM told generator owners to defer maintenance and put emergency demand response on standby as it forecasts a 156,083 MW peak load by Sept. 3.
Midstream & LNG
Cheniere finishes Corpus Christi Stage 3, capacity hits 56 mtpa
The seventh and final train reached substantial completion on August 28, lifting Cheniere's total LNG capacity to about 56 million tonnes a year.
Markets
Ranger Energy buys STEP Energy's U.S. coiled tubing assets for $27.5 million
Ranger Energy Services will pay about $27.5 million for STEP Energy Services' U.S. coiled tubing business, a deal expected to close around September 11.
Policy
Sempra opens FERC pre-filing for Port Arthur LNG North expansion
The expansion adds four trains and 27 million tonnes a year of capacity, with a FERC permit decision expected by July 2028.
Power
SLB buys Kelvion for $3.4 billion in cash-and-debt deal
SLB will pay about $3.4 billion in cash and assume $0.7 billion in debt to buy heat-exchange maker Kelvion and expand into data center cooling.
Power
CHINT displays 1,000 kV transformers and storage tech at CIGRE 2026
At CIGRE 2026 in Paris, CHINT presented transformers, switchgear and energy storage systems for Europe's growing power grid.
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