Pangea LNG Files Application to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Pangea LNG Files Application to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Pangea LNG (North America) Holdings, LLC (Pangea), filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeking a 25-year authorization to export domestically produced LNG up to the equivalent of 398.5 Bcf/year to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Pangea proposes to export the LNG from its proposed South Texas LNG Project to be located at the Port...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: LNG Exports Won’t Inhibit U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on U.S. Chamber of Commerce: LNG Exports Won’t Inhibit U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence
The Oil & Gas Journal reported that U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue said today that the U.S. can accommodate LNG exports without jeopardizing the U.S. manufacturing renaissance that has resulted from low domestic gas prices. Donohue added, “If they don’t do something to stimulate the price of gas a little, nothing will be taken out of the ground....
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council: Limits on LNG Exports Could Hurt Small Businesses
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council: Limits on LNG Exports Could Hurt Small Businesses
The chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council), Raymond J. Keating, voiced “grave concerns” today over efforts to restrict U.S. energy exports. Keating called the effort to limit LNG exports “an effort to limit opportunity for American small businesses and entrepreneurs.” Keating stated that the energy sector is populated...
Senator Wyden Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the incoming chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu criticizing the recent study commissioned by DOE on the macroeconomic effects of LNG exports on the U.S. economy. Wyden stated that the flaws of the study “are numerous and render this study insufficient...
New Trade Group Opposing LNG Exports Releases Survey Results; API Responds
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on New Trade Group Opposing LNG Exports Releases Survey Results; API Responds
America’s Energy Advantage (AEA), a group consisting of industrial gas users and the American Public Gas Association, released the results of a survey that purports to show that American voters believe that U.S.-produced natural gas should be used in the United States for domestic economic gain and that the U.S. government “should proceed with caution and deliberation when...