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Australia’s Woodside Seeks Canadian LNG Export Authority

The Financial Post reports that Woodside Energy Holdings Pty Ltd., an affiliate of Australia’s Woodside Petroleum, has filed an application with the Canadian National Energy Board to export 20 million tonnes of LNG per year for 25 years from a proposed terminal at Grassy Point, British Columbia, approximately 30 kilometres north of Prince...

Clatsop County Commission to Reconsider Oregon LNG Pipeline Decision

The Daily Astorian reports that Clatsop County commissioners have decided to reconsider a prior decision denying a land use permit for a pipeline to supply the proposed Oregon LNG terminal.  A recent ruling by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals found bias in the earlier decision denying the permit.  The article states that the scope of review for reconsideration will be determined...

FERC Begins Pre-Filing Environmental Review of Louisiana LNG Energy Terminal

FERC has approved Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC’s (LLE) application to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for LLE’s proposed Mississippi River Liquefied Natural Gas export facility in Plaquemines Parish, La. on the east bank of the Mississippi River.  LLE proposes to construct four liquefaction trains, each with production capacity of 74,380 Mcf per day, for a total...

FERC Issues Schedule For Environmental Review

FERC issued a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects.  The planned schedule set February 27, 2015, as the date for the issuance of notice of availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) and May 28, 2015, as the 90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline.  Jordan Cove’s proposed LNG...

Corpus Christi and EDF Sign 20-Year SPA

Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced in a news release that its subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, entered into a liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with Électricité de France, S.A. (“EDF”).  Under the SPA, EDF has agreed to purchase approximately 0.38 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”) of LNG upon the commencement of operations of Train...

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