Dow Chemical CEO Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Dec 11, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Dow Chemical CEO Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Dow Chemical Company (Dow) released a statement from its chairman and chief executive officer, Andrew N. Liveris, criticizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent report on the macroeconomic effects of LNG exports, calling the report “flawed, misleading, and based on outdated, inaccurate and incomplete economic data.” Liveris stated that the report, which concluded...
Gulf LNG Energy Receives Tax Exemption
Posted on Dec 10, 2012 in State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gulf LNG Energy Receives Tax Exemption
Jackson County, Miss. supervisors unanimously approved a 10-year tax exemption for Gulf LNG Energy of nearly $828.5 million in true property value. Read more in the Gulflive article.
Cameron LNG Files Formal FERC Application Export Project
Posted on Dec 10, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cameron LNG Files Formal FERC Application Export Project
Cameron LNG, LLC (“Cameron LNG”) filed its formal FERC application to site, construct, and operate new liquefaction and export facilities at the site of the existing Cameron LNG export terminal located in Cameron Parish, La. The proposed liquefaction facility would consist of three liquefaction trains each with a capacity sufficient to enable the export of 4 million metric tons per...
Petronas and Progress Energy Moving Forward with BC LNG Terminal
Posted on Dec 7, 2012 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Petronas and Progress Energy Moving Forward with BC LNG Terminal
The Ottawa Citizen reports that Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas and Canadian gas company Progress Energy have completed a feasibility study and are proceeding to the preliminary front-end engineering design phase for an LNG plant at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, despite the Canadian government’s recent rejection of Petronas’s proposed acquisition of...
Two LNG Export Projects Request FERC to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Posted on Dec 6, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Two LNG Export Projects Request FERC to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (Gulf LNG) has asked FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed two-phased liquefaction and export project that will be integrated with Gulf LNG Energy, LLC’s existing LNG terminal near Pascagoula, Miss. Gulf LNG anticipates in-service dates of September 2018 and March 2019 for Phases I and II,...