FERC Releases Update on Elba Island LNG Export Project
Posted on Nov 5, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Elba Island LNG Export Project
FERC has issued an update on its review of the proposed liquefaction and LNG export project at the existing Elba Island LNG terminal near Savannah, Ga., a joint project sponsored by Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C., Southern LNG Company, L.L.C., and Elba Express Company, L.L.C. The next major step in the permitting process will be the filing with FERC of formal applications and final...
Chevron Concerned that Sabine Pass Expansion Will Infringe on its Berthing Rights
Posted on Nov 4, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Chevron Concerned that Sabine Pass Expansion Will Infringe on its Berthing Rights
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. filed comments requesting that FERC require Sabine Pass LNG to demonstrate that the proposed expansion of the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal at Cameron Parish, La. will not infringe on Chevron’s berthing rights for LNG imports at the terminal. Chevron’s comments can be found here, and the complete docket for the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal expansion can be...
Coast Guard Delays Review of Port Ambrose LNG Terminal Project
Posted on Nov 4, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Coast Guard Delays Review of Port Ambrose LNG Terminal Project
Law360 reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the timeline for processing the Port Ambrose Deepwater Port application for a proposed LNG import terminal located offshore New Jersey for a period of 90 days. The Coast Guard’s letter states that the suspension is due to, among other things, a number of data gaps in the application necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact...
Freeport LNG Files Summaries of Contracts with Toshiba and SK E&S LNG
Posted on Nov 1, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Files Summaries of Contracts with Toshiba and SK E&S LNG
Freeport LNG Expansion (FLEX) filed with the U.S. Department of Energy summaries of its contracts with Toshiba and SK E&S LNG for LNG exports from the proposed terminal near Freeport, Texas. The summary of the Toshiba contracts can be found here, and the summary of the SK E&S LNG contract can be found here. The complete docket for the FLEX’s application to export LNG to nations...
FERC Grants Sabine Pass Request to Install Structural Steel for Trains 3 and 4
Posted on Oct 30, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Grants Sabine Pass Request to Install Structural Steel for Trains 3 and 4
Yesterday, FERC issued an order granting Sabine Pass LNG’s request to commence installation of structural steel for its LNG export terminal Stage 2 Liquefaction Trains 3 and 4 facilities and the Stage 2 Heavies Removal Unit facilities, as well as other Stage 2 facilities. FERC’s order can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the Sabine Pass LNG Stages 1 and 2 LNG export...
DOE Will Not Revoke LNG Export Permits to Restrain Domestic Natural Gas Prices
Posted on Oct 29, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Will Not Revoke LNG Export Permits to Restrain Domestic Natural Gas Prices
Paula Gant, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas, recently sent a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) stating that DOE would not “rescind a previously-granted [LNG export] authorization except in the event of extraordinary circumstances or use this authority as a price maintenance mechanism.” The letter adds that DOE has not rescinded...