Australia’s Woodside Energy in July tossed a $1.2 billion life raft to the proposed but painfully troubled Driftwood LNG plant then in pre-FID Phase I construction on the La., Gulf Coast. Houston-based Tellurian initially announced the 27.6 mtpa project in 2017, one year after Cheniere Energy waved sail-on-sailor to its inaugural LNG export cargo....

Following its analysis through the end of August, our friends at Rystad today reports U.S. oil and gas M&A this year could surpass the $155 billion chalked up in 2023. With $100 billion already on the books in 2024, and another $46 billion in assets currently up for sale, buyers and sellers still have one-third of a year to make their final selections and bring them to the checkout counter....