Daily News Energy Headlines from June 26, 2017

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News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

PIPELINES
Lack of Pipeline Infrastructure Stymies East Coast Growth - This Reuters article discusses how much of the pipeline infrastructure used to transport oil to the U.S. East Coast is decades old and bottlenecked, causing the region to rely more on foreign barrels. (Reuters)

Sabal Trail Natural Gas Pipeline Phase I Begins Service - Phase I of the 515-mile Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline, which runs through Alabama, Georgia and Florida, is expected to be fully in service by the end of June. (IIR)

LNG
Cheniere Commences 20-Year LNG Supply with South Korea - Cheniere Energy Incorporated (Houston, Texas) commenced a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Korea Gas Corporation at a ceremony in Louisiana on Sunday. Under the deal originally signed in 2012, Cheniere will make available for delivery about 3.5 million tons of LNG annually to South Korea. (Bloomberg)

Lithuania Signs Deal for U.S. LNG - Lithuania's state-owned gas trader Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas said on Monday it had signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas directly from the United States for the first time and expects to receive a delivery in the second half of August. (Reuters)

POWER
Nuclear, Renewable Energy Expected to Soar as China Flexes its Energy Muscles - When it comes to the Global Power Industry, China is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla, and that country's changing patterns of electric generation will have a significant impact on wind energy, solar energy and nuclear power through 2035, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, released June 13. (IIR)

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