Project Agreements Signed with First Nations for LNG Canada’s Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Jun 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Project Agreements Signed with First Nations for LNG Canada’s Feeder Pipeline
TransCanada announced its Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project (Coastal GasLink) has signed project agreements with Canadian First Nations Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Skin Tyee Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Yekooche First Nation, Doig River First Nation, and Halfway River First Nation, whose traditional and treaty territories are located along the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline...
Canadian National Energy Board Considering 40-Year Gas Export Licenses
Posted on Jun 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian National Energy Board Considering 40-Year Gas Export Licenses
The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) is seeking comments on proposed amendments to its regulations to create a new category of licenses that would permit the export of natural gas for a term not exceeding 40 years. The amendments would also amend the definition of “natural gas” to include reference to 85% methane, and include new regulations listing the license application filing...
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Awards Grant to Study Panama Canal LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Jun 29, 2015 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. Trade and Development Agency Awards Grant to Study Panama Canal LNG Import Terminal
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency has awarded a grant to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to conduct a feasibility study related to the construction of an LNG import terminal and other LNG infrastructure at the Panama Canal. The study is intended to provide the ACP with options to take advantage of the increase in LNG tanker traffic anticipated from the expansion of the Panama...
DOE Authorizes Exports from Sabine Pass LNG Trains 5 and 6 to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Jun 29, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes Exports from Sabine Pass LNG Trains 5 and 6 to Non-FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Final Opinion and Order authorizing Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SPL) to export over a 20-year period 503.3 Bcf/year of LNG from proposed liquefaction Trains 5 and 6 to be located at SPL’s export terminal under construction in Cameron Parish, La. SPL is authorized to export such volumes to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the...
Proposed Prince Rupert LNG Regulations Published
Posted on Jun 26, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Proposed Prince Rupert LNG Regulations Published
The proposed “Port of Prince Rupert Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities Regulations” were recently published in the Canada Gazette. According to the Regulatory Impact Analysis, there are four LNG export terminals proposed for Prince Rupert, British Columbia (B.C.), and while the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission is authorized to regulate LNG facilities in the province, “constitutional...