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Sutherland Expands Energy and Commodities Practice in Houston with Counsel Daniel LeFort

Sutherland is pleased announced today that Daniel P. LeFort has joined the firm’s Energy, Environmental and Commodities Practice Group as a counsel in the Houston office. Prior to joining Sutherland, Mr. LeFort was in the Houston and Tokyo offices of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. With more than 30 years of corporate counsel and private practice experience, including serving 18 years...

Oregon LNG Refiles Land Dispute Case Against the Army Corps of Engineers

The Daily Astorian reports that Oregon LNG has refiled a lawsuit in U.S. District Court which claims that the Army Corps of Engineers has abandoned its easement rights to land on which Oregon LNG wants to build its LNG export terminal in Warrenton, Ore.  According to the press release, the suit was refiled to permit Oregon LNG to “maintain its legal options” and is “responsive to the...

Cheniere Expects to Export First LNG Commissioning Cargo from its Sabine Pass Terminal in Late February or March

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it expects to export the first LNG commissioning cargo from its Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. in late February or March 2016. According to the press release, the first commissioning cargo was initially expected to occur by late January but instrumentation issues have caused a delay.    ...

Lithuania Postpones Plans to Import U.S. LNG

Reuters reports that Lithuania’s state energy company has postponed plans to import LNG from the United States because the LNG is too “calorific” and does not meet the specifications needed for the country’s gas distribution system, which was designed to use Russian gas.  According to the report, Lithuanian company LITGAS has been negotiating for LNG deliveries from Cheniere...

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...

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