FERC Releases FEIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Apr 30, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases FEIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Today, FERC released its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Cameron LNG’s proposed LNG export project near Hackberry, La. FERC staff concludes that approval of the project, with mitigation measures, would not result in significant impacts in the project area. The FEIS finds that construction and operation of the project would result in mostly temporary and short-term...
FERC Authorizes Installation of Sabine Pass LNG Trains 3 and 4 Equipment
Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Installation of Sabine Pass LNG Trains 3 and 4 Equipment
FERC issued an order today granting authority to Sabine Pass LNG to install all equipment, process and utility systems, and process vessels for Stage 2 (Trains 3 and 4), including the Heavies Removal Unit, at its LNG export terminal located in Cameron Parish, La. The approval does not include items related to the Condensate Storage System. FERC’s order can be found here, and the...
Tohoku Electric Power to Purchase Cameron LNG Supplies at Henry Hub Linked Prices
Posted on Apr 24, 2014 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Tohoku Electric Power to Purchase Cameron LNG Supplies at Henry Hub Linked Prices
Reuters reports that Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Company has signed an agreement with a Mitsubishi affiliate to purchase 300,000 tonnes of LNG per year over a 16-year period from the proposed Cameron LNG export terminal project near Hackberry, La. at Henry Hub natural gas-linked...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Posted on Apr 22, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through March 2014 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Stage 1 (liquefaction trains 1 and 2) engineering is 96.0% complete, procurement is 94.6%, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 37.7% and 21.0% complete, respectively. Stage 1 overall project completion is 63.3% against the...
Pivotal LNG Requests FERC Ruling on LNG Terminal Definition and LNG Transportation Jurisdiction
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Pivotal LNG Requests FERC Ruling on LNG Terminal Definition and LNG Transportation Jurisdiction
Pivotal LNG has filed a petition for declaratory order with FERC seeking a ruling that existing LNG production facilities not otherwise subject to FERC’s jurisdiction under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act would not be deemed “LNG terminal[s]” subject to Section 3 jurisdiction by virtue of producing LNG that subsequently may be transported in interstate commerce by waterborne vessel. ...
ConocoPhillips Alaska Receives Renewed DOE Authorization to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Alaska Receives Renewed DOE Authorization to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order authorizing ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas to export over a two-year period 40 Bcf of LNG by vessel from the existing LNG terminal near Kenai, Alaska to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas (non-FTA nations). Read more in...