Environmental Groups Petition Commerce Department to Ban Natural Gas Exports
Posted on Aug 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Petition Commerce Department to Ban Natural Gas Exports
The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace (Petitioners) have filed a petition requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) “immediately promulgate a rule or rules prohibiting the export of all natural gas products . . . from the United States pursuant to Section 103 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended.” The...
Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Posted on Aug 12, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Woodfibre LNG announced that the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has granted Woodfibre LNG’s request to resume the EAO’s environmental assessment process for Woodfibre LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal near Squamish, B.C. The review process had been paused to permit Woodfibre LNG to address environmental concerns with the terminal raised by the Squamish...
Cheniere Marketing International Signs Deals with Électricité de France for Sabine Pass LNG Volumes
Posted on Aug 12, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere Marketing International Signs Deals with Électricité de France for Sabine Pass LNG Volumes
Cheniere Marketing International LLP has entered into sales arrangements with Électricité de France, S.A. (EDF) for the delivery of 26 LNG cargoes (approximately 100 million MMBtus) from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal under construction in Cameron Parish, La. to the Dunkerque LNG terminal in France. According to the press release, the sales price for the LNG is linked to the Dutch Title...
DOE Grants American LNG Marketing Non-FTA Export Authority; Affiliate to Supply Jamaica Plant
Posted on Aug 10, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on DOE Grants American LNG Marketing Non-FTA Export Authority; Affiliate to Supply Jamaica Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized American LNG Marketing LLC to export up to 60,000 metric tons of domestically-produced LNG per year (approximately 3.02 Bcf/year, 0.008 Bcf/day) from its proposed “micro-LNG facility” at the Hialeah Rail Yard near Medley, Fla. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The LNG will be loaded at the Hialeah Facility...
Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Downeast LNG has filed Draft Resource Report No. 1 (General Project Description) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review for its proposed LNG import/export terminal in Robbinston, Maine. The report projects a January 2021 completion date for terminal construction. The report can be found here, and the complete docket for the project can be found on eLibrary under...