DOE Issues Tolling Order on Sabine Pass Rehearing Request
Posted on Oct 15, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Issues Tolling Order on Sabine Pass Rehearing Request
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a tolling order which extends indefinitely the date by which DOE must act on Sierra Club’s request for rehearing and stay of DOE’s order authorizing Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC to export LNG from its LNG terminal in Sabine Pass, La. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. In the absence of the tolling...
FERC Staff Hears Pros and Cons of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
Posted on Oct 12, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Staff Hears Pros and Cons of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
At a local public hearing held this week, FERC Staff heard Calvert County officials praise the tax revenue and job creation that is expected to result from Dominion Cove Point LNG’s export project, while some local residents voiced opposition to the potential noise and traffic that would be generated by the project. Read more in the Southern Maryland News...
Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions Files to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Oct 11, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions Files to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC (“ELS”) has filed an application at the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to export over a 20-year period up to 10 million metric tons per year (approximately 1.33 Bcf/day) of domestically produced LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. ELS would export the LNG from proposed floating...
Sierra Club Continues Opposition to U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Oct 10, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Continues Opposition to U.S. LNG Exports
Sierra Club filed a protest at FERC regarding Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC’s application to construct natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities near Corpus Christi, Texas. Sierra Club argues, among other things, that FERC s environmental review of the project should include review of the effects caused by an increase in hydraulic fracturing if the projects...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Oct 10, 2012 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
EDF Begins Construction of Dunkirk LNG Terminal (Comtex)