Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Draft EIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Mar 5, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Draft EIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Sierra Club, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, Gulf Restoration Network, and RESTORE filed comments with FERC criticizing FERC’s draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Cameron LNG export terminal near Hackberry, La. The comments allege that the draft EIS does not conform to National Environmental Policy Act requirements because, among other things, it is based on...
Downeast LNG Optimistic on Need for LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Mar 5, 2014 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Optimistic on Need for LNG Import Terminal
Downeast LNG filed responses to a FERC data request stating, among other things, that although gas production from the Marcellus shale has increased since Downeast LNG filed its application for an LNG import terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay, Washington County, Maine, there is insufficient pipeline capacity to move Marcellus gas into New England markets to prevent significant gas and power...
PHMSA Approves Cove Point LNG Design Spill Criteria
Posted on Feb 28, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Safety & Security | Comments Off on PHMSA Approves Cove Point LNG Design Spill Criteria
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) sent a letter to FERC stating that it has no objection to Dominion Cove Point LNG’s (DCP) methodology for determining candidate design spills used to identify credible leakage scenarios and establish the siting for its proposed LNG export plant facilities, as required by PHMSA regulations. PHMSA’s letter can be found...
DOE Approves ConocoPhillips Alaska and Annova LNG Applications to Export LNG to FTA Nations
Posted on Feb 27, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Approves ConocoPhillips Alaska and Annova LNG Applications to Export LNG to FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation’s application to export 40 Bcf of LNG over a two-year period by vessel from the Kenai LNG Facility to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas. DOE’s order can be found here. DOE will address ConocoPhillips’...
DOE Approves Delfin LNG Exports to FTA Nations
Posted on Feb 24, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Approves Delfin LNG Exports to FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved Delfin LNG’s (Delfin) application to export, on its own behalf and as agent for others, 657.5 Bcf/year (1.8 Bcf/day) of LNG over a 20-year period to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States calling for national treatment for trade in natural gas. Delfin will export the LNG from a proposed floating LNG terminal...
FERC Authorizes Increase in Sabine Pass LNG Production Capacity
Posted on Feb 20, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Increase in Sabine Pass LNG Production Capacity
FERC issued an order today approving Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC’s and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.’s (together, Sabine Pass) application to increase the authorized maximum peak day LNG production capacity for Stages 1 and 2 (Trains 1-4) of its LNG export terminal project in Cameron Parish, La. from 2.2 to 2.76 Bcf/day. Sabine Pass requested the authorization to reflect the maximum or peak...