Shell, BP and Statoil have held preliminary discussions about exporting LNG cargoes from US utility Dominion’s proposed liquefaction facility at Cove Point, Maryland.
The talks have yet to progress to formal negotiations, according to a source, and Dominion is still listening to offers from other potential customers understood to include Asian players such as Korea Gas and Sumitomo.
The European companies are being seen as more serious about securing the liquefaction rights to the facility because of its proximity to their home markets, said a source with knowledge of the negotiations.
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