FERC Dismisses Petition Regarding Jurisdiction over Mobile LNG Export Facilities
Posted on Aug 29, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on FERC Dismisses Petition Regarding Jurisdiction over Mobile LNG Export Facilities
FERC has dismissed Strom Inc.’s petition for declaratory order (PDO) requesting that FERC find Strom’s use of a mobile natural gas liquefaction unit (“LNG in a Box”) to export natural gas will not be subject to FERC’s jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act. FERC dismissed the PDO because Strom did not pay the applicable filing fee for PDO’s. FERC’s notice can be found here, and the...
CE FLNG Provides Status Report on Proposed Floating LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Aug 29, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on CE FLNG Provides Status Report on Proposed Floating LNG Export Terminal
CE FLNG has filed with FERC an update on the status of its proposed self-propelled floating LNG export terminal on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La. According to the report, among other things, CE FLNG (1) is waiting for a ruling by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the lawfulness of CE FLNG’s proposed use of non-coastwise-qualified...
LNG Limited Finalizes Acquisition of Bear Head LNG Project Site in Nova Scotia
Posted on Aug 28, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on LNG Limited Finalizes Acquisition of Bear Head LNG Project Site in Nova Scotia
LNG Limited (LNGL) announced that it has finalized its acquisition of Bear Head LNG Corporation, which owns an industrial site in Richmond County, Nova Scotia on which LNGL intends to develop an initial 4 million tonnes per annum LNG export project with potential for future expansion. According to the announcement, included in the acquisition are the project rights, assets and...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Posted on Aug 22, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through July 2014 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Stage 1 (liquefaction trains 1 and 2) engineering is 99.4% complete, procurement is 99.5% complete, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 46.6% and 35.6% complete, respectively. Stage 1 overall project completion is 71.8%...
DOE to Process Alaska LNG Export Application Expeditiously
Posted on Aug 20, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on DOE to Process Alaska LNG Export Application Expeditiously
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Moniz recently stated that DOE will process Alaska LNG’s export application on a streamlined basis, given that DOE’s public interest determination for the proposal largely will be a formality since the export of Alaskan LNG will not affect gas markets in the lower-48 states. The report states that DOE...