U.S. LNG Arrives in Lithuania
Posted on Aug 21, 2017 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. LNG Arrives in Lithuania
Reuters reports that a cargo of LNG from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. has reached Lithuania. According to Reuters, the LNG is for clients of a Lithuanian state-owned trader that are located in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Lithuanian government estimates it will import half of its gas consumption in 2017 as LNG, mostly from Norway’s Statoil,...
IECA Urges Moratorium on Further Non-FTA LNG Exports
Posted on Aug 17, 2017 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on IECA Urges Moratorium on Further Non-FTA LNG Exports
Claiming that exporting LNG is “a manufacturing job destroyer” in the long run, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry which “provide[s] absolute justification for placing a moratorium” on further approvals of LNG exports to non-Free Trade Agreement (NFTA) nations. The letter urges Perry “to review...
Court Affirms Freeport LNG Export Authority
Posted on Aug 17, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Affirms Freeport LNG Export Authority
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied Sierra Club’s challenge to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) orders approving LNG exports by Freeport LNG Expansion LP. According to the Law360 article, the court rejected Sierra Club’s argument that DOE did not tailor “its review of the indirect environmental effects of export-induced natural gas production — in particular, how...
FERC Approves Pre-Filing Procedures for Commonwealth LNG Project
Posted on Aug 17, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Pre-Filing Procedures for Commonwealth LNG Project
FERC has approved Commonwealth LNG, LLC’s request to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for Commonwealth LNG’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, La. along the South Prong of Grand Bayou. The project would have a liquefaction capacity of approximately 9 million tonnes per annum. Commonwealth intends to file a formal application for the...
EIA: U.S. Expected to be Net Gas Exporter in 2017
Posted on Aug 9, 2017 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on EIA: U.S. Expected to be Net Gas Exporter in 2017
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017. The United States has been a net gas exporter for three of the past four months and this is expected to continue for the rest of 2017 and throughout 2018 due to growing U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico, declining...