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Louisiana LNG Energy Obtains Funding for LNG Export Terminal

MarketWatch reports that Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC has obtained funding from an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC for its proposed mid-scale LNG export terminal, to be located on the Mississippi River, south of New Orleans, in Plaquemines Parish, La.  The facility is expected to be operational in late 2017 and will consist of four 74,380 Mcf/d liquefaction trains with a...

Alaska Governor Parnell Signs Alaska LNG Project Legislation

The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that Alaska Governor Parnell signed legislation yesterday  enacting the state’s participation in the Alaska LNG Project with producers BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, and pipeline company TransCanada.  The project consists of the construction of a pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies with an interconnection to a proposed liquefaction...

B.C. and Woodfibre Sign Letter of Intent to Cooperate on LNG Export Terminal

British Columbia (B.C.) Premier Christy Clark and Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited (Woodfibre) Lead Director Imelda Tanoto signed a Letter of Intent to work collaboratively to secure long-term investments by Woodfibre in a B.C. LNG terminal.  Woodfibre has obtained a license to export gas from a proposed LNG terminal located on the Woodfibre site near Squamish, B.C.  Like a similar...

Environmental Group Files Complaint with the SEC Over Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal

Yesterday, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Ruth McElroy Amundsen, an existing shareholder in Dominion Resources, Inc., filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that Dominion Midstream Partners LP (Dominion Midstream), a new gas export subsidiary of Dominion Resources, may have omitted or inadequately disclosed in its registration...

B.C. and Petronas Sign Letter of Intent to Cooperate on LNG Export Terminal

Yesterday, British Columbia (B.C.) Premier Christy Clark and Tan Sri Dato’ Shamsul Azhar Abbas, Group CEO and President of Malaysian state oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), signed a Letter of Intent to work collaboratively to secure long-term investments by Petronas in an LNG terminal in B.C.  Petronas is the majority owner of Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd., which proposes...

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