FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Lavaca Bay Project
Posted on Mar 12, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Lavaca Bay Project
FERC will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to review the environmental impacts of Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC’s proposed Lavaca Bay LNG Project and related pipeline in Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Texas. Comments on the scope of FERC’s environmental review are due April 4, 2013. FERC’s notice of the intent to prepare the EIS can be found...
Freeport-McMoRan Energy Files at DOE for LNG Export Authority
Posted on Mar 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport-McMoRan Energy Files at DOE for LNG Export Authority
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC (FME) filed an application at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export 24 million tons of LNG per year (approximately 1.248 trillion Btu) over a thirty-year period. FME seeks authority to export the LNG from its proposed Main Pass Energy Hub™ Deepwater Port in offshore Louisiana to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States....
Sabine Pass Requests Additional Export Authority and Initiates Pre-filing Procedures for Terminal Expansion
Posted on Mar 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Requests Additional Export Authority and Initiates Pre-filing Procedures for Terminal Expansion
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (SPL) and affiliates filed a request that FERC initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a proposed expansion of the existing Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, La. and interconnected pipeline. SPL proposes to construct two liquefaction trains (Trains 5 and 6) for additional liquefaction capacity of 1.3 Bcf/day. SPL’s...
Shell JV Receives Canadian Federal Approval for BC LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Shell JV Receives Canadian Federal Approval for BC LNG Export Terminal
The Vancouver Sun reports that Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced federal approval of a 25-year export license to LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture among Shell Canada Ltd., Korea Gas Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina Co. Ltd. The export license is for up to 24 million tons per year from a proposed LNG terminal near Kitimat, British Columbia....
FERC Grants Authority for Sabine Pass Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Grants Authority for Sabine Pass Feeder Pipeline
Yesterday, FERC issued an order granting Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. authority to construct facilities to enable bidirectional natural gas flow on its pipeline system for the delivery of domestic gas to the Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project for eventual export. FERC’s order is on eLibrary under Docket No....
Sabine Pass LNG Submits Monthly Construction Progress Report
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Submits Monthly Construction Progress Report
Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., filed a status report at FERC on the construction progress of its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La., The report indicates that engineering was 43.0% complete and procurement was 32.1% complete as of January 2013. The overall project completion was 19.4%. Progress on the overall project was ahead of the contractual schedule. The early targets for...