FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Environmental Review for Galveston Bay LNG Project
Posted on Oct 11, 2018 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Environmental Review for Galveston Bay LNG Project
FERC has issued a letter granting Galveston Bay LNG, LLC’s request to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for the proposed Galveston Bay LNG export facility within the city of Texas City, Texas, at a site on Galveston Bay known as Shoal Point. The export facility would include three LNG liquefaction trains, each with a nominal capacity of 5.5 million tonnes per annum....
TransCanada to Construct Pipeline to Feed LNG Canada Facility
Posted on Oct 2, 2018 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on TransCanada to Construct Pipeline to Feed LNG Canada Facility
TransCanada Corporation announced today that it will proceed with construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project to serve LNG Canada’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia (B.C.). Today, LNG Canada announced a positive final investment decision to move forward with the project. According to the press release, “Coastal GasLink is a...
FERC Releases Draft EIS for Port Arthur LNG Facility
Posted on Oct 2, 2018 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft EIS for Port Arthur LNG Facility
FERC Staff has released the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Port Arthur LNG liquefaction and LNG export facility in Jefferson County, Texas, and interconnected pipelines. The DEIS concludes that “approval of the proposed projects, with the mitigation measures recommended in the DEIS, would have some adverse environmental impact; however, these impacts would...
LNG Canada Announces a Positive Final Investment Decision
Posted on Oct 2, 2018 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on LNG Canada Announces a Positive Final Investment Decision
LNG Canada today announced that its joint venture participants – Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS – have taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build the LNG Canada liquefaction and LNG export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia. According to the press release, “[e]ach joint venture participant will be responsible to provide its own natural gas supply...
China Sets 10% Tariff on U.S. LNG Imports
Posted on Sep 20, 2018 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on China Sets 10% Tariff on U.S. LNG Imports
Reuters reports that China has imposed a 10% tariff on U.S. LNG imports effective September 24, 2018. The tariff is less than the expected 25% China had announced earlier. According to the report, the smaller than expected tariff helped lift the stock prices of Cheniere Energy and Golar...