Oregon LNG Affiliate Files for Canadian Gas Export License
Posted on Jan 16, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Affiliate Files for Canadian Gas Export License
Oregon LNG Marketing Company (OLM), an affiliate of Oregon LNG, filed an application with Canada’s National Energy Board to export to the United States over a 25-year period up to 473 Bcf/year of natural gas for further export as LNG from Oregon LNG’s proposed export terminal in Warrenton, Ore. OLM’s application can be found...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cameron LNG Export Project
Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cameron LNG Export Project
FERC released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Cameron LNG export terminal project, finding that, with the recommended mitigation measures, impacts in the project area would be avoided or minimized and would not be significant. Public comments on the DEIS are due March 3, 2014. FERC’s notice of the DEIS can be found here, and the entire docket for the Cameron...
Industrial and Municipal Gas Distributors Group Asks DOE to Halt Approval of Non-FTA LNG Export Permits
Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Industrial and Municipal Gas Distributors Group Asks DOE to Halt Approval of Non-FTA LNG Export Permits
America’s Energy Advantage, a group of manufacturers and municipal gas distributors, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Moniz urging DOE to stop approving applications to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The letter expresses concerns that approval of additional LNG export volumes will jeopardize the manufacturing...
Texas LNG and Gasfin Development File for DOE LNG Export Authorizations
Posted on Jan 13, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Texas LNG and Gasfin Development File for DOE LNG Export Authorizations
Texas LNG filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export LNG to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Texas LNG proposes to export on its own behalf and as agent for others up to 2 million tonnes of LNG per year (approximately 0.27 Bcf/day) over a 25 year period from its proposed South Texas LNG Export Project at the...
ConocoPhillips’ LNG Export Application to Bypass DOE’s Order of Precedence
Posted on Jan 6, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips’ LNG Export Application to Bypass DOE’s Order of Precedence
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that an official with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) stated that DOE will review ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp.’s (ConocoPhillips) application to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States separately from DOE’s Order of Precedence, which establishes the queue for consideration of other...
Elba Island LNG Export Project Sponsors Submit Revised Draft Resource Reports
Posted on Dec 31, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Elba Island LNG Export Project Sponsors Submit Revised Draft Resource Reports
Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C., Southern LNG Company, L.L.C., and Elba Express Company, L.L.C., sponsors of the Elba Island LNG export project located near Savannah, Ga., and interconnected pipeline, submitted revised draft Resource Reports to FERC incorporating FERC Staff’s comments on prior draft reports. The revised draft Resource Reports will be used by FERC Staff to prepare an...