Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Sierra Club and Galveston Baykeeper (together, Groups) have filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging FERC’s orders authorizing construction of the Freeport LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, near Freeport, Texas. Among other issues, the Groups allege that (1) FERC erred in concluding that the effects of the Freeport LNG project...
Hawaii Gas Outlines Plans for Bulk LNG Shipments
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hawaii Gas Outlines Plans for Bulk LNG Shipments
A Pacific Business News article discusses Hawaii Gas’s plans to solicit bids for bulk LNG supplies this Spring. According to the article, the plans involve mooring an LNG tanker ship off the coast of Oahu, either near Kalaeloa or Pearl Harbor, and having regasified LNG transported from the ship via pipeline to the Hawaii Gas plant in West Oahu, and then through the company’s...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Posted on Feb 2, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) has filed a status report with FERC on the construction of DCP’s LNG export terminal in Lusby, Md. The report states that for the facilities in Maryland, engineering is 74% complete, procurement is 77% complete, and construction is less than 1%...
Chevron Cutting Back Spending on Proposed Kitimat LNG Terminal Due to Low Oil Prices
Posted on Jan 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Chevron Cutting Back Spending on Proposed Kitimat LNG Terminal Due to Low Oil Prices
The Financial Post reports that due to lower crude oil prices, Chevron Corporation intends to cut spending on its proposed Kitimat LNG export terminal in British Columbia, and will cut spending on its LNG projects worldwide by 20% this year to $8...
NEB Approves Woodside Energy LNG Export License
Posted on Jan 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on NEB Approves Woodside Energy LNG Export License
The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB), which monitors Canada’s gas supply and demand, determined the quantity of gas to be exported by Woodside Energy Pty Ltd. (Woodside) is surplus to Canadian needs and approved Woodside’s application for a license to export 1,022 Bcf per year of LNG over 20 years from a proposed LNG terminal in the vicinity of Grassy Point, north of Prince Rupert,...