Downeast LNG Requests FERC Continue to Hold Application in Abeyance
Posted on Mar 1, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Requests FERC Continue to Hold Application in Abeyance
Downeast LNG has filed a letter requesting that FERC continue to hold processing of its application to construct an LNG export terminal in Robbinston, Maine, in abeyance until June 1, 2016. Downeast LNG requested the continuation because “discussions with existing and potential investors in the project are still ongoing.” ...
Avocet LNG to Develop Deepwater LNG Port for Offshore Louisiana
Posted on Feb 26, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Avocet LNG to Develop Deepwater LNG Port for Offshore Louisiana
TC Offshore LLC has filed an application with FERC to abandon, by sale to Avocet LNG, LLC (Avocet), its Grand Chenier System located offshore and onshore Louisiana for use by Avocet as part of a proposed Deepwater Port LNG export project. According to the application, Avocet’s proposed project would involve a mooring system to be built in federal waters near the terminus points of the...
First LNG Export from the U.S. Lower 48 States Leaves Sabine Pass Terminal
Posted on Feb 25, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on First LNG Export from the U.S. Lower 48 States Leaves Sabine Pass Terminal
Reuters reports that the first LNG export cargo from the United States lower 48 states left Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass export terminal in Louisiana yesterday bound for Brazil....
Douglas Channel LNG Project Postponed
Posted on Feb 25, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Douglas Channel LNG Project Postponed
The Financial Post reports that the proposed small-scale Douglas Channel LNG liquefaction plant and export terminal in British Columbia has been postponed due to the inability of its sponsors “to secure meaningful off-take agreements for the project” and “due to adverse economic conditions and worsening global energy price levels.” The sponsors of the project are AltaGas, Idemitsu...
Sempra Energy and Woodside Sign Project Development Agreement for Port Arthur LNG Terminal
Posted on Feb 25, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Sempra Energy and Woodside Sign Project Development Agreement for Port Arthur LNG Terminal
Sempra Energy announced that its Sempra LNG & Midstream unit has entered into a Project Development Agreement with a subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (Woodside) to advance the development of the proposed Port Arthur LNG liquefaction facility and export terminal in Port Arthur, Texas. According to the press release, the new agreement expands on the companies’ June 2015...