Ex-Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki’s New Company, Driftwood LNG, Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Review Process for Louisiana Terminal
Posted on May 13, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Ex-Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki’s New Company, Driftwood LNG, Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Review Process for Louisiana Terminal
Driftwood LNG LLC and Driftwood LNG Pipeline LLC (together, Driftwood) have filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a 26 million tonnes/year LNG production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River near Carlyss, Calcasieu Parish, La. and an interconnected pipeline. Driftwood anticipates the project to be operational in...
DOE Releases First Quarter LNG Import/Export Data
Posted on May 13, 2016 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on DOE Releases First Quarter LNG Import/Export Data
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has released data covering U.S. LNG imports and exports for the First Quarter of 2016. The report shows that four vessel-borne commissioning cargoes of domestically-produced LNG, totaling 11.5 million Mcf, were exported from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. to Brazil, India and United Arab Emirates. The...
AltaGas/Idemitsu Suspend Joint Triton LNG Project
Posted on May 12, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on AltaGas/Idemitsu Suspend Joint Triton LNG Project
The Canadian Press reports that AltaGas Ltd’s joint venture partner, Idemitsu Kosan Co. (Idemitsu), stated in its recent annual financial report that it has suspended work on the proposed Triton LNG export terminal that was planned at Kitimat or Prince Rupert, British Columbia (B.C.). The joint venture also suspended work on its proposed Douglas Channel Project in B.C. this past...
MARAD Approves Surrender of Port Dolphin Energy Deepwater Port License
Posted on May 11, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MARAD Approves Surrender of Port Dolphin Energy Deepwater Port License
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has granted Port Dolphin Energy’s request to surrender and terminate its Deepwater Port License authorizing it to own, construct and operate an LNG deepwater port approximately 28 miles off the western coast of Florida, and approximately 42 miles from Port Manatee, Manatee County, Florida. In October 2015, FERC granted Port Dolphin...
FERC Tolls Rehearing of Order Rejecting Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Terminal Application
Posted on May 10, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Tolls Rehearing of Order Rejecting Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Terminal Application
FERC has issued a tolling order which extends indefinitely the time by which FERC must act on requests for rehearing of its order which rejected Jordan Cove Energy Project’s application to construct a liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline’s proposed interconnected pipeline, for lack of market support....