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Project Update for the Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project Posted on FERC Website

FERC has posted on eLibrary under Docket No. PF12-4 an update on the status of its review of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort LNG import terminal project to be located offshore near Guayama, Puerto...

New Applications Filed at DOE to Export LNG to Non-FTA Countries

Several applications to export LNG to nations that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States were recently filed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Gulf LNG Liquefaction filed an application to export LNG from its LNG terminal in Pascagoula, Miss. over a 20-year period up to 11.5 million tons per year (approximately 1.5 Bcf/day). The application can be found on...

Alaska Legislators Request Governor to Include Local Supply Condition on LNG Export Authority

The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that seven Alaskan state legislators have sent a letter to Governor Parnell requesting that he condition state support for ConocoPhillips’ anticipated request to renew its federal export authority for the Kenai LNG terminal upon local gas needs being met prior to allowing gas exports. ConocoPhillips’ existing export authority expires...

Dow Chemical LNG Re-Export Application Noticed

Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow) application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), requesting blanket authorization for a two year period to export up to 390 Bcf of LNG that previously been imported from foreign sources, has been noticed in the Federal Register. Dow seeks authorization to export the LNG from the existing Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to any country...

Freeport Files LNG Export Facilities Application at FERC

Freeport LNG Development and affiliates (Freeport) filed an application to construct and operate natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at and adjacent to their existing Quintana Island LNG Terminal in Brazoria County, Texas. Freeport proposes to construct three liquefaction trains, each capable of producing a nominal 4.4 million metric tonnes of LNG per annum (mtpa), for a...

Corpus Christi Files LNG Terminal Application at FERC

Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline filed a joint application at FERC to construct and operate an LNG export and import terminal and an associated pipeline near Corpus Christi, Texas. The terminal design includes three liquefaction trains capable of liquefying up to 782 million MMBtu (approximately 15 million tons) per year for export and facilities to...

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