http://www.lnglawblog.comSutherland RSS Feed en-US Copyright Sutherland webmaster@sablaw.com Sat, 25 May 2013 19:41:37 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 19:41:37 GMThttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=9a5994ed-d029-4508-8d45-14517a56b25b&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=9a5994ed-d029-4508-8d45-14517a56b25b&RSS=trueThu, 23 May 2013 20:46:17 GMTJordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. (JCEP) filed an application at FERC to construct and operate an LNG export terminal on the bay side of the North Spit of Coos Bay, Coos County, Ore. The proposed project will be capable of producing up to six million metric tons per year of LNG for export to Asia, Alaska and Hawaii. JCEP proposes to commence service by the third quarter of 2018. Copies of the application can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the JCEP export project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. CP13-483.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=22b2a90c-59b5-4d8a-9511-13a64675031e&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=22b2a90c-59b5-4d8a-9511-13a64675031e&RSS=trueThu, 23 May 2013 20:43:26 GMTannounced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, has engaged 17 financial institutions to act as Joint Lead Arrangers to assist in the structuring and arranging of credit facilities to fund the remaining debt needed for the first four trains of the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal and for general business purposes. Cheniere states that obtaining debt financing is one of the last steps to complete before proceeding with construction of Trains 3 and 4 of the liquefaction project. Closing of the credit facilities and issuing a notice to proceed to Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. for Trains 3 and 4 is expected to occur within the upcoming weeks.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=74bfbf6a-f305-485e-a400-129476e292c8&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=74bfbf6a-f305-485e-a400-129476e292c8&RSS=trueThu, 23 May 2013 20:40:27 GMTFreeport LNG export terminal project on December 27, 2013. The notice also alerts agencies that issue federal authorizations for the project that they must issue their permits and/or authorizations by March 27, 2014. Copies of the notice can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the Freeport LNG export project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. CP12-509.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=0f888593-ed4f-4c9b-8c20-bf6d35bfb44f&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=0f888593-ed4f-4c9b-8c20-bf6d35bfb44f&RSS=trueWed, 22 May 2013 21:01:26 GMTSabine Pass LNG filed its April 2013 report with FERC regarding construction at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. The report states that engineering is 55.9% complete, procurement is 48.5% complete, and the overall project is 29.6% complete. The report states that the overall project schedule is progressing ahead of the contractual schedule, with substantial completion dates of February 2016 and June 2016 for Train 1 and Train 2, respectively. Copies of the report can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the Sabine Pass LNG project can be found on eLibrary by searching for Docket No. CP11-72.]]>Blog Entryhttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=178c69c9-2ae3-49d0-874b-bc2501622939&RSS=truehttp://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=178c69c9-2ae3-49d0-874b-bc2501622939&RSS=trueWed, 22 May 2013 20:53:38 GMTAssociated Press reports that U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz told reporters yesterday that he will not approve additional LNG export applications until he has reviewed the DOE studies on the impacts of LNG exports on U.S. gas supplies and prices, as he promised at his confirmation hearing.]]>Blog Entryhttp://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 Entry