http://www.lnglawblog.comSutherland RSS Feed en-US Copyright Sutherland webmaster@sablaw.com Wed, 22 May 2013 01:10:28 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 01:10:28 GMThttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=b80d26fe-4c3b-449f-ba0e-3b164acfe9fe&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=b80d26fe-4c3b-449f-ba0e-3b164acfe9fe&RSS=trueTue, 21 May 2013 21:10:20 GMTLaw360 article, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) acting Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told the Committee that pending DOE LNG applications may take 60 days to process. Also at the hearing, Senator Wyden advocated for an updated policy governing LNG exports. Materials from the hearing can be accessed here.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=001d8b52-2bdb-47b6-9a89-31b272b08875&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=001d8b52-2bdb-47b6-9a89-31b272b08875&RSS=trueTue, 21 May 2013 20:54:07 GMTreport from the Bipartisan Policy Center finds that the United States has ample natural gas supplies to meet future demand for natural gas without significant price increases and that U.S. LNG exports will have only a modest impact on domestic gas prices. The report also concludes that domestic gas prices will influence LNG export levels far more than LNG exports will influence domestic prices. The report projects that the United States will become a net exporter of natural gas between 2017 and 2021 in all of the modeled scenarios.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=d2f0d2a3-6c00-46c7-b916-12211220f288&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=d2f0d2a3-6c00-46c7-b916-12211220f288&RSS=trueMon, 20 May 2013 20:47:26 GMTannounced that its affiliate Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) has signed a 20-year agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation for firm transportation of 600,000 Dth of natural gas per day on TGP's proposed Southwest Louisiana Supply Project for delivery to the proposed Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, La.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=a133bed2-407a-41c1-8bf3-1068dae760d3&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=a133bed2-407a-41c1-8bf3-1068dae760d3&RSS=trueMon, 20 May 2013 20:44:46 GMTAlaska Journal of Commerce reports that Japanese-owned Resources Energy Inc. (REI) has presented a study to Alaskan officials on the feasibility of constructing an LNG export terminal at either Valdez or Nikiski, along with an interconnected pipeline to North Slope gas supplies. According to the article, REI's proposal is less costly and could be developed more quickly than the proposal by major North Slope producers and TransCanada.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=7fc2795f-90fa-4a99-bacb-10372837ded1&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=7fc2795f-90fa-4a99-bacb-10372837ded1&RSS=trueMon, 20 May 2013 20:42:17 GMThere, and the complete docket for the Downeast project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. CP07-52.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=df7584e4-8a52-44d3-90dc-2d073b81eafd&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=df7584e4-8a52-44d3-90dc-2d073b81eafd&RSS=trueFri, 17 May 2013 19:19:40 GMTorder conditionally granting Freeport LNG Expansion L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC's application to export up to 1.4 Bcf/day of domestically produced LNG from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. DOE's authorization is conditioned on the satisfactory completion of the environmental review process at FERC. Read more in the press release.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=4f524536-7b5f-4136-80e3-2ae9c2da9a93&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=4f524536-7b5f-4136-80e3-2ae9c2da9a93&RSS=trueFri, 17 May 2013 19:16:41 GMTannounced that they have signed 20-year tolling capacity and joint-venture agreements for development, financing and construction of LNG export facilities at the existing Cameron LNG import terminal in Hackberry, La. The tolling agreements subscribe the full nameplate capacity of the three-train, 13.5 million-tonnes-per-annum (Mtpa) facility that will provide an export capability of 12 Mtpa of LNG, or approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd), and the full regasification capacity of 1.5 Bcfd. Each tolling agreement is for 4 Mtpa. The joint-venture agreement calls for affiliates of GDF SUEZ, Mitsubishi (through a related company jointly established with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha) and Mitsui each to acquire 16.6-percent equity in the existing facilities and the liquefaction project. A Sempra Energy affiliate will retain 50.2 percent.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=1727bee6-f968-4cfa-a49c-2ab6f1f591ab&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=1727bee6-f968-4cfa-a49c-2ab6f1f591ab&RSS=trueFri, 17 May 2013 19:13:43 GMTGolden Pass Products LLC (Golden Pass) and Golden Pass Pipeline LLC have  requested that FERC initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for construction of LNG export facilities at Golden Pass's existing LNG import terminal at Port Arthur, Texas. Golden Pass intends to construct three liquefaction trains and related facilities capable of producing a total of 15.6 metric tons of LNG per year and modifications to the existing interconnected pipeline. Copies of the request can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the Golden Pass project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. PF13-14.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=d664e6f1-b2ce-4a03-987c-29c089ccf93a&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=d664e6f1-b2ce-4a03-987c-29c089ccf93a&RSS=trueFri, 17 May 2013 19:10:34 GMTLaw360 reports that the U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The article states that Moniz supports the deliberative approach to LNG exports taken by former DOE Secretary Chu.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=9c5f130b-915d-49eb-8053-41f168016383&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=9c5f130b-915d-49eb-8053-41f168016383&RSS=trueThu, 16 May 2013 19:06:56 GMTreport from ICF International, prepared for the American Petroleum Institute, estimates that increased exports of U.S. LNG will create between 73,100 to 452,300 new domestic jobs between 2016 and 2035. The report projects domestic natural gas price increases of $0.32 to $1.02 per MMBtu and U.S. GDP growth between $15.6 to $73.6 billion annually during the same time period due to the increased LNG exports. Read more in the press release.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=b80453a1-4be3-469b-92e4-6faf8a0f60b2&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=b80453a1-4be3-469b-92e4-6faf8a0f60b2&RSS=trueTue, 14 May 2013 21:10:31 GMTBloomberg and Reuters, due to increased gas demand that could not be met by U.S. gas pipeline supplies, Mexico's state-owned electric utility Comision Federal de Electricidad recently entered into contracts for spot LNG cargoes at prices near those paid by Asian nations for LNG. The utility historically purchases U.S. gas pipeline supplies at Henry Hub-linked gas prices, but additional U.S. supplies could not be obtained because U.S. pipeline imports into Mexico are running at capacity.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=8a2189e5-5324-44e3-8396-6927837eb6bc&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=8a2189e5-5324-44e3-8396-6927837eb6bc&RSS=trueTue, 14 May 2013 21:07:24 GMTcomments with the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership opposing, among other things, inclusion of a provision for "national treatment for trade in gas" that would require automatic approval of U.S. LNG exports to European Union nations. Sierra Club argued that such a provision would increase domestic gas prices and result in increased pollution from expanded hydraulic fracturing. Read more in the press release.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=60ed9fe9-013d-4c29-927d-27d598210d42&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=60ed9fe9-013d-4c29-927d-27d598210d42&RSS=trueFri, 10 May 2013 19:36:18 GMTReuters reports that Indian company H-Energy has signed an option agreement with the government of Nova Scotia to assess the feasibility of constructing an LNG liquefaction facility and export terminal on the Strait of Canso. The report states that the agreement provides H-Energy with exclusive rights to buy the site if feasibility studies prove satisfactory.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=ea34ee6b-887c-4e2d-aded-2702f5a61ab2&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=ea34ee6b-887c-4e2d-aded-2702f5a61ab2&RSS=trueThu, 09 May 2013 20:42:06 GMTannounced today that affiliates Qatar Petroleum International and ExxonMobil have signed a Commercial Framework Agreement to sell up to the full 15.6 million metric ton annual output of the proposed liquefaction and export terminal project to be located at Golden Pass Products' existing import terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. The agreement also provides shipping and sales opportunities to existing and new markets, including leveraging the sponsors' long-term arrangements for international imports via the United Kingdom's South Hook facility.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=47d68b72-2086-4593-84f3-a948e46ee72a&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=47d68b72-2086-4593-84f3-a948e46ee72a&RSS=trueTue, 07 May 2013 21:11:17 GMThere.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=99e8fbf5-a1b8-4b3c-908b-8f0550446510&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=99e8fbf5-a1b8-4b3c-908b-8f0550446510&RSS=trueTue, 07 May 2013 19:51:59 GMTThe Japan Times reports that Japanese Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Acting Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman in Washington last week to request U.S. government approval of LNG exports to Japan. According to the report, Poneman told Motegi that he fully recognizes that access to U.S. LNG supplies is an urgent issue for Japan, which does not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States providing for automatic approval of LNG exports, and that DOE will examine each LNG export project under federal law. Motegi took Poneman's remarks as "very positive."]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=20f68e89-e6e0-46d0-b19b-8c250cc67798&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=20f68e89-e6e0-46d0-b19b-8c250cc67798&RSS=trueTue, 07 May 2013 19:49:23 GMTPrince Rupert LNG Limited’s proposed LNG export project (Project).  The Project involves construction of an LNG liquefaction plant and export terminal on Ridley Island at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. Comments are due by May 27, 2013. Read more in the Public Notice.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=954152cf-eaaf-42f6-811a-8b3f4c6caf69&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=954152cf-eaaf-42f6-811a-8b3f4c6caf69&RSS=trueTue, 07 May 2013 19:46:48 GMThere and BP's protest can be found here.

A coalition of environmental groups, including EarthReports, Inc. (dba Patuxent Riverkeeper), Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc., Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Sierra Club, and Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, Inc., also filed comments opposing the export project, alleging that approval will increase industrial activity and pollution in impaired waters, sensitive wetlands, and intact forest in Maryland and Virginia, and will induce upstream gas production and associated pollution in shale gas regions to the north. The groups asked FERC to prepare a comprehensive environmental impact statement for the project. The comments can be found here. The complete docket for the Cove Point project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. CP13-113.]]>Blog Entry