FERC Requests Agency Participation for Environmental Review of Jordan Cove LNG Export Project
Posted on Jul 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Requests Agency Participation for Environmental Review of Jordan Cove LNG Export Project
FERC has requested that various agencies participate as cooperating agencies in the preparation of an environmental impact statement for Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed LNG export terminal to be located on the North Spit of Coos Bay, in Coos County, Ore., and related pipeline. FERC requested participation from the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S....
FERC Vacates Authorization for Broadwater Energy’s LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Jul 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Vacates Authorization for Broadwater Energy’s LNG Import Terminal
On Friday, FERC issued an order vacating authorization for construction and operation of Broadwater Energy’s proposed LNG import terminal, which was to be located in Long Island Sound off Long Island, N.Y. Broadwater notified FERC in March 2012 that it would not go forward with the project and requested vacatur of FERC’s authorization. FERC’s order vacated the...
FERC Vacates Authorization for Cameron LNG’s Fourth LNG Storage Tank
Posted on Jul 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Vacates Authorization for Cameron LNG’s Fourth LNG Storage Tank
FERC issued an order on Friday vacating authorization for Cameron LNG to construct a fourth LNG storage tank at its existing LNG import terminal near Hackberry, La., since Cameron has not begun construction of the tank and the extended deadline for the in-service date expired six months ago. FERC’s order can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
Oregon LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Procedures
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Procedures
LNG Development Company, LLC, d/b/a Oregon LNG, has filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed LNG export terminal to be located at Warrenton, Ore., and the related 39-mile pipeline that will traverse Columbia County, Ore. and end in Cowlitz County, Wash. at a new interconnect with Williams Northwest Pipeline GP. The pre-filing...
Sierra Club Calls for Full Environmental Review of Corpus Christi Export Terminal Proposal
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Calls for Full Environmental Review of Corpus Christi Export Terminal Proposal
Sierra Club filed comments on the scope of FERC’s environmental review of Corpus Christi Liquefaction’s proposed LNG export terminal and associated pipeline, stating that environmental review should include the impacts of additional shale gas production that will be induced by the proposed project and that a full environmental impact statement, rather than an environmental...
Lawmakers Urge Expedited DOE Action on LNG Export Applications
Posted on Jul 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Lawmakers Urge Expedited DOE Action on LNG Export Applications
On Friday, a bipartisan group of twenty-one members of Congress from states with large shale gas supplies submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu urging DOE to expedite the processing of LNG export applications so American workers and companies can receive the benefits of increased LNG exports. Read more in the Reuters...