Environmental Assessment for Petronas Project Due Next Monday
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Assessment for Petronas Project Due Next Monday
CBC News reports that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s final environmental report on Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia is due to be released October 3. According to its website, PNWLNG announced a positive Final Investment Decision in June 2015, subject to two conditions, the first of which was...
U.S. Senators Ask DOE to Slow Down LNG Export Approvals
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. Senators Ask DOE to Slow Down LNG Export Approvals
A group of twelve U.S. Senators has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Moniz requesting that “DOE slow its [LNG export] approval process until the full impacts of currently approved exports are realized.” The letter expresses concerns that LNG exports will increase domestic natural gas prices, noting that “more than 60 percent of 2015 natural gas production has been approved...
Alaska and ConocoPhillips Sign MOU to Market North Slope Gas
Posted on Sep 22, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska and ConocoPhillips Sign MOU to Market North Slope Gas
The State of Alaska, through the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) and ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding negotiations to form a joint venture company (JV) to market LNG from the proposed Alaska LNG project to global LNG markets and acquire North Slope gas, with the goal of bringing LNG buyers and North Slope wellhead...
Sabine Pass Train 2 Reaches Substantial Completion
Posted on Sep 20, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Train 2 Reaches Substantial Completion
Cheniere Energy announced that liquefaction Train 2 at its Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., has reached “substantial completion.” Commissioning has been completed and construction contractor Bechtel “is turning over care, custody, and control of Train 2 to Cheniere Partners.” The turnover will be done in coordination with planned scheduled maintenance to Train 1 and...
DOE Releases July 2016 LNG Import and Export Data
Posted on Sep 20, 2016 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on DOE Releases July 2016 LNG Import and Export Data
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released LNG import and export data for July 2016. The report shows the following shipments of domestically produced LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La.: one shipment to Spain for $4.51, one shipment to China for $5.60, one shipment to Jordan for $5.60, and two shipments to Chile for $5.60. Prices are at export point in...