APGA and Sierra Club Continue Opposition to DOE LNG Export Applications
Posted on Feb 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on APGA and Sierra Club Continue Opposition to DOE LNG Export Applications
Earlier this week the American Public Gas Association (APGA), a non-profit association of publicly-owned U.S. natural gas distribution companies, and Sierra Club filed protests at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in opposition to applications filed by CE FLNG, LLC, Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions, LLC, and Golden Pass Products LLC to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade...
TEPCO to Purchase LNG from Cameron LNG Terminal Based on Henry Hub Price
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on TEPCO to Purchase LNG from Cameron LNG Terminal Based on Henry Hub Price
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced that it has agreed on the initial terms and conditions of an agreement with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and is in final discussions with Mitsubishi Corporation, for the purchase of approximately 800,000 tons of LNG per year from the Cameron LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. The LNG purchases, starting in 2017 for a period of about 20...
Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wrote in an Op-Ed published in The Hill today that he is not opposed to all gas exports, but seeks to find a balance where some gas exports are permitted to keep production flowing and the U.S. manufacturing resurgence and national security interests are...
American Chemistry Council Reaffirms Support of LNG Exports
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on American Chemistry Council Reaffirms Support of LNG Exports
The American Chemistry Council released a statement yesterday reaffirming its opposition to new LNG export restrictions and its support of LNG exports under existing laws. The statement notes that “[t]here is a lack of clear consensus among our members concerning whether the Natural Gas Act’s ‘public interest’ requirement should be further defined in export...
Bipartisan LNG Export Bill Introduced in House
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bipartisan LNG Export Bill Introduced in House
Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner today introduced the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act,” a bipartisan House companion to legislation introduced last week by Senator John Barasso (R-WY). Turner’s bill would treat North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, Japan and certain other countries similar to countries having a Free Trade Agreement with the United...