FERC Commissioner LaFleur Questions Length of U.S. LNG Export Advantage
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on FERC Commissioner LaFleur Questions Length of U.S. LNG Export Advantage
FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur told an industry group last week that as the rush to build LNG export terminals continues, she wondered “how long the technological advantage that the U.S. appears to hold in unconventional gas extraction will last,” and how long it will take other countries with shale gas plays to catch up to the technology and reduce the current price advantage of...
Critics and Proponents Respond to FERC Approval of Sabine Pass Export Terminal
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Critics and Proponents Respond to FERC Approval of Sabine Pass Export Terminal
Reacting to FERC’s approval of the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal, on one side are critics such as Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who claim that U.S. exports of natural gas would increase domestic prices and export jobs overseas. On the other side are proponents who tout approval of the project as key to ensuring domestic gas production and...
Study Concludes Valdez Better Site for LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Study Concludes Valdez Better Site for LNG Terminal
A study commissioned by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority concludes that Port Valdez is better suited than Anchorage or Cook Inlet for an LNG export terminal and pipeline terminus for accessing North Slope gas reserves. Read the article in the Anchorage Daily...
Sierra Club Files Protest at DOE Regarding Sabine Pass LNG Export Proposal; Submits Letter to CEQ
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Protest at DOE Regarding Sabine Pass LNG Export Proposal; Submits Letter to CEQ
Sierra Club filed a motion to intervene out of time and protest at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the agency’s conditional grant of LNG export authority to Cheniere on the Sabine Pass LNG application. Sierra Club alleges that FERC’s review of Sabine Pass LNG’s export application did not consider the environmental affects of hydraulic fracturing and...
Jamaica Restarts Talks with Trinidad and Tobago on LNG Supplies
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Jamaica Restarts Talks with Trinidad and Tobago on LNG Supplies
Jamaica has re-engaged Trinidad and Tobago as a possible source of LNG supplies, while the status of a 2004 memorandum of understanding between the two nations regarding LNG supplies is unclear. Read more in The...