Sierra Club Files Protest on Cheniere Marketing DOE Export Application
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Protest on Cheniere Marketing DOE Export Application
Sierra Club filed a protest at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opposing Cheniere Marketing, LLC’s application to export LNG from a proposed terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Sierra Club opposes the application arguing that DOE has not considered the potential environmental harm from increased hydraulic...
Comments Filed on Scope of FERC Environmental Review of the Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Comments Filed on Scope of FERC Environmental Review of the Oregon LNG Project
Comments were filed by state and federal agencies, environmental groups, municipalities and individual citizens on the scope of FERC’s environmental review of the Oregon LNG export project and related pipeline. The comments can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
Chevron Canada to Acquire 50% Interest in Kitimat LNG Project
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Chevron Canada to Acquire 50% Interest in Kitimat LNG Project
An article in the Oil & Gas Financial Journal reports that Chevron Canada Ltd. (Chevron Canada), an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, will acquire all of the interests in the proposed Kitimat LNG Project and Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) currently held by affiliates of EOG Resources Canada Inc. and Encana Corp. Upon consummation of the transaction, Chevron Canada and a subsidiary of...
Two Former Energy Secretaries Support LNG Exports
Posted on Dec 21, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Two Former Energy Secretaries Support LNG Exports
An opinion article in the Financial Times by Bill Richardson, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary (DOE) under President Bill Clinton, and Spencer Abraham, DOE Secretary under George W. Bush, supports exports of domestically produced LNG, stating that “LNG exports can buttress US geopolitical leadership and trade, while at the same time continuing to support low domestic natural...
December 24, 2012 – January 1, 2013
Posted on Dec 21, 2012 in Federal Regulation | Comments Off on December 24, 2012 – January 1, 2013
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