Cambridge Energy Affiliates Approved for FERC Pre-Filing Review
Posted on Apr 17, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Affiliates Approved for FERC Pre-Filing Review
FERC has approved a request by Cambridge Energy Group affiliates CE FLNG, LLC and CE Pipeline, LLC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for CE FLNG’s proposal to construct and operate two floating natural gas liquefaction, storage and offloading units on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La., and CE Pipeline’s interconnected pipeline....
FERC Vacates AES Ocean Express Import Pipeline Authorization
Posted on Apr 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Vacates AES Ocean Express Import Pipeline Authorization
Today, FERC issued an order vacating authorization for AES Ocean Express, LLC to construct and operate a pipeline to transport gas from an interconnection with a proposed pipeline leading from a proposed LNG terminal in the Bahamas to Broward County, Fla. Neither the LNG terminal nor pipelines have been constructed and AES Ocean Express, LLC has not sought to extend the in-service date...
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Seeks Comment on Pacific Northwest LNG Project
Posted on Apr 10, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Seeks Comment on Pacific Northwest LNG Project
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) began a federal environmental assessment for Progress Energy Canada Ltd.’s proposed Pacific Northwest LNG export terminal located near Prince Rupert, B.C. The public may comment on the scope of the CEAA’s environmental review by May 8, 2013. Read more in the CEAA’s...
Environmental Groups Petition DOE for New Rules on Processing LNG Export Applications
Posted on Apr 10, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Petition DOE for New Rules on Processing LNG Export Applications
Sierra Club, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Center for Biological Diversity, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Earthworks, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, and Rogue Riverkeeper filed a joint petition with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting DOE to promulgate new regulations or guidance defining the process for considering LNG export...
Sabine Pass Files for DOE Authority to Export LNG Pursuant to Centrica Contract
Posted on Apr 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Files for DOE Authority to Export LNG Pursuant to Centrica Contract
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (SPL) filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export 91,250,000 MMBtu per year (approximately 88.3 Bcf) of domestically produced LNG pursuant to the terms of the LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement between SPL as seller and Centrica PLC as buyer. SPL seeks authority to export the LNG from SPL’s terminal at Sabine Pass, La. to...
Court Appeal Challenges LNG Canada Development’s NEB Export License
Posted on Apr 5, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Appeal Challenges LNG Canada Development’s NEB Export License
CBC News reports that British Columbia First Nation Gitxaala has filed a court appeal challenging the LNG export license granted by the National Energy Board to LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture of Shell Canada Energy and affiliates of KOGAS, Mitsubishi Corporation and PetroChina Company Limited. The Gitxaala contend that the NEB did not consult them in approving the...