N.J. State Officials Request Federal Rejection of Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Terminal
Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on N.J. State Officials Request Federal Rejection of Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Terminal
New Jersey Ninth District Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove have sent a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard and FERC expressing their opposition to and urging rejection of Liberty Natural Gas Company’s (Liberty) application for the proposed Port Ambrose LNG deepwater port located offshore of New...
B.C. Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Conversion of Pipelines Supplying LNG Terminals to Oil Transportation
Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C. Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Conversion of Pipelines Supplying LNG Terminals to Oil Transportation
The Province of British Columbia (B.C.) has adopted a regulation to ensure pipelines built to support LNG facilities will not be permitted to transport oil or diluted bitumen. The regulation was adopted to address First Nations’ environmental concerns with the potential for such conversions. Read more in the Reuters...
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Files Draft Resource Reports
Posted on Jan 6, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Files Draft Resource Reports
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC (Eagle LNG) has submitted to FERC Draft Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) for its proposed LNG production, storage, and export facility on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla. The reports can be found here, and the complete docket for the Eagle LNG project can be found on eLibrary by searching Docket No....
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Posted on Jan 6, 2015 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through November 2014 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Stage 1 (liquefaction trains 1 and 2) engineering and procurement are 100% complete, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 52.8% and 53.4% complete, respectively. Stage 1 overall project completion is 79% against the plan of...
Excelerate Requests that FERC Delay Consideration of Lavaca Bay LNG Project
Posted on Jan 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Excelerate Requests that FERC Delay Consideration of Lavaca Bay LNG Project
Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions (Excelerate) has filed a motion requesting that FERC hold Excelerate’s Lavaca Bay LNG Export Project (Project) application in abeyance until April 1, 2015. Excelerate states that “[r]ecent global economic conditions—including, among other things, a steep decrease in the price of oil—have created uncertainty regarding the economics of the Project,” and...