FERC Defends Rejection of Claims of Induced Gas Production in Reviewing LNG Export Terminal Application
Posted on Jan 13, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on FERC Defends Rejection of Claims of Induced Gas Production in Reviewing LNG Export Terminal Application
Law360 reports that in the court appeal of FERC’s orders approving the Corpus Christi LNG export terminal, FERC stands by its policy that, in its environmental review of Corpus Christi LNG’s export project application, FERC was not required to consider the environmental effects of potential increased gas production caused by the project. Sierra Club and other environmental groups have...
Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
Posted on Oct 16, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
The Globe and Mail reports that the president of Pacific Northwest LNG, majority backed by Malaysian state oil company Petronas, has stated that despite a native group’s legal challenge of the project’s proposed site, his company is “shovel ready, and ready to move ahead as soon as we’ve got the final federal government approvals and final permits” for its proposed LNG export terminal,...
Oregon Congresspersons Ask FERC How It Handles Land Rights Issues for Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Sep 30, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon Congresspersons Ask FERC How It Handles Land Rights Issues for Oregon LNG Project
Citing the recent federal court ruling regarding Oregon LNG’s rights to the land necessary to construct its proposed LNG export terminal in Warrenton, Ore., Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici have sent a letter to FERC asking how it “handles situations where the project under review does not or may not have the ability to construct a facility...
Judge Grants Dismissal of Oregon LNG Challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers
Posted on Sep 2, 2015 in Litigation, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Judge Grants Dismissal of Oregon LNG Challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers
The Daily Astorian reports that a U.S. District Court of Oregon judge has adopted a magistrate judge’s findings and granted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) motion to dismiss Oregon LNG’s lawsuit. Oregon LNG filed suit last year to challenge ACE’s easement rights to the land beneath the water on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton, Ore. The magistrate judge found that Oregon...
Judge Recommends Dismissal of Oregon LNG’s Suit Regarding Army Corp of Engineers’ Easement
Posted on Aug 3, 2015 in Environmental, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Judge Recommends Dismissal of Oregon LNG’s Suit Regarding Army Corp of Engineers’ Easement
A magistrate judge at the U.S. District Court of Oregon has recommended granting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) motion to dismiss Oregon LNG’s suit seeking a declaration that ACE’s easement rights over land Oregon LNG wants to use to build its LNG import/export terminal near Warrenton, Ore. is invalid. The judge found that the suit was filed after the expiration of the...
Court Denies Request for Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal Construction
Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Denies Request for Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal Construction
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an order denying EarthReports, Inc. et al.’s emergency motion for a stay of FERC orders authorizing construction of the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. The court ruled that Earthjustice had “neither satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review … nor articulated ‘strongly compelling’...