Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wrote in an Op-Ed published in The Hill today that he is not opposed to all gas exports, but seeks to find a balance where some gas exports are permitted to keep production flowing and the U.S. manufacturing resurgence and national security interests are...
American Public Gas Association Opposes New LNG Export Bill
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on American Public Gas Association Opposes New LNG Export Bill
The American Public Gas Association (APGA), a trade organization representing America’s publicly owned natural gas local distribution companies, sent letters yesterday to U.S. Senators Inhofe (R-OK), Barasso (R-WY) and Cornyn (R-TX) urging the Senators to withdraw the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013,” introduced by those Senators last week. APGA argues...
Bipartisan LNG Export Bill Introduced in House
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bipartisan LNG Export Bill Introduced in House
Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner today introduced the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act,” a bipartisan House companion to legislation introduced last week by Senator John Barasso (R-WY). Turner’s bill would treat North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, Japan and certain other countries similar to countries having a Free Trade Agreement with the United...
DOE to Consider All Evidence in Formulating LNG Export Policy
Posted on Feb 5, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on DOE to Consider All Evidence in Formulating LNG Export Policy
Platts [subscription required] reports that, in formulating U.S. LNG export policy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will not rely solely on the December 2012 NERA study on LNG exports, but will also consider the Energy Information Administration study released in January 2012, as well as comments submitted to...
Pangea LNG Receives DOE FTA Export Authority
Posted on Feb 5, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Pangea LNG Receives DOE FTA Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy has granted authority to Pangea LNG (North American) Holdings, LLC (Pangea) to export up to 398.5 Bcf/year (8 million metric tonnes per annum) of LNG from Pangea’s proposed LNG export terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas to countries with a Free Trade Agreement with the United...
Bipartisan Bill Would Equate NATO Members and Japan as FTA Nations for Gas Exports
Posted on Jan 31, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Bipartisan Bill Would Equate NATO Members and Japan as FTA Nations for Gas Exports
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013,” a bill which would amend the Natural Gas Act’s gas export provisions to include North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nations and Japan as equivalent to countries with a Free Trade Agreement with the United...