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Driftwood LNG Files DOE Export Application

Driftwood LNG LLC (Driftwood LNG) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeking a long-term multi-contract authorization to export up to the equivalent of 1,496.5 Bcf/year of domestically produced LNG to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.  Driftwood LNG would export the LNG from its proposed LNG terminal site to be...

FERC Releases Update on Review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Application

FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s (Plaquemines LNG) application to construct a liquefaction and export terminal on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La. and the Gator Express Pipeline interconnected pipeline. FERC is currently reviewing the draft resource reports and consulting with...

FERC to Prepare EIS for Proposed Driftwood LNG Export Terminal

FERC has issued a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Driftwood LNG liquefaction and export terminal and interconnected pipeline in Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, and Evangeline Parishes, La.  Comments on the scope of the EIS are due November 4, 2016.  ...

Petronas Considering Selling Stake in Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal

Reuters reports that three unnamed sources “familiar with the matter” have revealed that Petronas is considering selling its majority stake in the proposed $27 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia due to financial constraints and low global LNG prices.  The Canadian government approved the project with 190 conditions earlier this week....

Canadian Government Conditionally Approves Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal

CBC News reports that the Canadian federal government has approved Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia with 190 legally binding conditions. According to the report, majority sponsor Malaysian state oil company Petronas “initially said it would proceed with the project if the federal government gave its approval, but now the...

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