PHMSA Schedules Public Meeting on LNG Facility Regulations
Posted on Apr 26, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Safety & Security | Comments Off on PHMSA Schedules Public Meeting on LNG Facility Regulations
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has announced a public LNG Workshop meeting to be held May 18-19, 2016, “to solicit input and obtain background information for the formulation of a future regulatory change to 49 CFR part 193, Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards.” PHMSA is co-sponsoring the meeting with the National...
DOE Denies Rehearing of Order Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Exports
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Denies Rehearing of Order Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Exports
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of DOE’s order, which authorizes Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) to export 281 Bcf/year of LNG over a 20-year period from DCP’s proposed LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. On rehearing, Sierra Club asserted that DOE’s...
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Files Construction Progress Report
Posted on Apr 21, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Corpus Christi Liquefaction Files Construction Progress Report
Corpus Christi Liquefaction has filed a report with FERC covering construction through March 2016 at its liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Corpus Christi, Texas. The report states that engineering has progressed to 97.1%, procurement has progressed to 46.0%, and Bechtel’s direct hire construction has progressed to 4.6%. The total Project has progressed to 32.5% complete. ...
Sabine Pass LNG Supplies Headed to Portugal
Posted on Apr 21, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Supplies Headed to Portugal
The Wall Street Journal [subscription] reports that a cargo of LNG from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. is headed for the Port of Sines, Portugal and is expected to arrive on April 26, 2016. The cargo is the first shipment of LNG from the United States to Europe and, according to the report, U.S. LNG supplies could compete with natural gas...
Senate Passes Energy Bill with Provisions to Expedite LNG Exports
Posted on Apr 20, 2016 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senate Passes Energy Bill with Provisions to Expedite LNG Exports
Reuters reports that today the U.S. Senate passed S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, the “first broad energy bill in nine years” which, among other things, “requires the Department of Energy [DOE] to issue a decision on LNG projects within 45 days of an environmental assessment,” compared to an energy bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives “which...