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those loans to found Tellurian, and also alleged that he stole the early plans for Driftwood. Tellurian argued that the loan was void, that Driftwood was a different, larger project despite sharing land with the early plans, and that Cheniere had since breached its contract with Parallax by abruptly pulling the funds. The lawsuit, which lasted for years driven by the ongoing feud, was dismissed in 2020, the year it was set to go to court.
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Tellurian's animosity with Icahn and Cheniere also resulted in a lawsuit. The suit, described by Bloomberg News as the "trial of the year," was prompted by $ 46 million in loans Souki made to Houston's Parallax Enterprises during his time as Cheniere CEO. Cheniere alleged in the suit that Souki used
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On August 2, 2016, Tellurian entered into a merger agreement with petroleum company Magellan; other early investors included the French oil and gas company Total, which purchased a 23 percent stake in the company for $ 207 million in December 2016. After one year in operation, Tellurian went public
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production project, Driftwood LNG, on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. According to the company, Driftwood was projected to produce 27,600,000 tonnes of liquified natural gas per year for export. Total, in July 2019, agreed to buy 2.5m tonnes of liquefied
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upon launch that he aimed to undercut its rivals, including Cheniere, by 15 to 20 percent. The company hired several former Cheniere executives, including Meg Gentle, Cheniere's former executive vice president of marketing.
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However, Tellurian ran into trouble toward the end of the decade due to delays in Driftwood's construction, dropping fuel prices, ongoing tensions between the United States and China, and the
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In 2017, Tellurian bought $ 85 million in shale assets in Louisiana and, in doing so, became the first United States developer to produce its own fuel for its export terminal.
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natural gas from Driftwood. The plant, projected to cost $ 30 billion (on a FFP contract from
312:"As Cheniere Energy Announces First LNG Shipment, Its Fired Founder Launches A Rival Company" 266: 250: 296: 8: 565: 262: 542:"Australia's Woodside Energy to buy US LNG developer Tellurian for $ 1.2 billion" 277: 234: 225: 205: 141: 111: 48: 597: 280:, agreed to acquire Tellurian for a total enterprise value of $ 1.2 billion. 269:. The company, faced with falling shares, fired 40 percent of staff in 2020. 65: 56: 575: 221: 209: 125: 74: 585: 276:
In July 2024, Australian petroleum exploration and production company,
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Buurma, Christine; Malik, Naureen S (2 March 2020).
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is an American natural gas company headquartered in
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Tellurian Inc

Public
Traded as
AMEX
TELL
Russell 2000
Energy
Houston, Texas
Charif Souki
Houston, Texas
tellurianinc.com
Houston, Texas
Charif Souki
Charif Souki
Cheniere Energy
Carl Icahn
Financial Times
liquefied natural gas
Bechtel
COVID-19 pandemic
liquefied natural gas
Woodside Energy
"Tellurian revenue"
"As Cheniere Energy Announces First LNG Shipment, Its Fired Founder Launches A Rival Company"
"France's Total buys stake in U.S. gas projects group Tellurian"
"Magellan and Tellurian finalise merger"
"Charif Souki plots to undercut Cheniere Energy on LNG"
"Driftwood LNG At A Glance"

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