Berkshire Hathaway Energy has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in the Cove Point liquefied natural gas facility for $3.3 billion in cash. Warren Buffett's big energy and utility division bought the stake from Dominion Energy and will now own a 75% limited partnership stake in Cove Point LNG located in Lusby, Maryland. The Cove Point LNG Terminal has a storage capacity of 14.6 billion cubic feet and a daily send-out capacity of 1.8 billion cubic feet. Berkshire Hathaway first bought a stake in Dominion's gas pipeline and storage assets for $4 billion in 2020. Abel is now vice chairman for noninsurance operations at Berkshire Hathaway and the successor to the 92-year-old "Oracle of Omaha."

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Persons: Warren Buffett's, Bill Stone, Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel, Tom Farrell, Abel, Stone Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Dominion Energy, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Glenview Trust, Sumitomo Corp, CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway, Oracle, Occidental Petroleum, Chevron Locations: Point, Lusby , Maryland, Berkshire, U.S, Glenview, Omaha, Iowa