U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told House Representative Edward Markey in a February 24, 2012 letter that DOE will not issue final orders on pending applications to export LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries until the second half of a two-part study examining LNG exports issues has been completed and DOE has analyzed the...
Cambridge Energy Seeks U.S. Long-Term LNG Export Authority to FTA Countries
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Seeks U.S. Long-Term LNG Export Authority to FTA Countries
Cambridge Energy, LLC has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy seeking authority to export approximately 0.038 Bcf of LNG per year over a 25-year period from terminals in the Atlantic Southeast and along the Gulf Coast to any country in South America, Central America, Asia-Pacific or the Caribbean with which the United States has a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....
Downeast LNG President Expects Federal Environmental Permits in May or June 2012
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG President Expects Federal Environmental Permits in May or June 2012
Dean Girdis, president of Downeast LNG, told the Chronicle Herald that he expects his company’s regasification project to receive its required federal environmental authorizations in May or June of this year. Then the company will apply for the necessary permits from the State of...
Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
The Japanese trade ministry has asked U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to permit Japan to import LNG from U.S. mainland terminals to help the country replace energy supplies previously provided by Japan’s nuclear power plants, which have been shut down since the nuclear disaster last year. According to Bloomberg, a Japanese trade ministry official said that Japan is...
Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
The Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition (GCELC) has filed a response with FERC to Sabine Pass LNG’s supplemental environmental information submitted to the Commission last month. GCELC’s response is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for Excelerate’s Aguirre Project
Posted on Feb 29, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for Excelerate’s Aguirre Project
Yesterday, FERC issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Excelerate Energy L.P.’s proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort project, proposed to serve the existing onshore Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Central Aguirre Power Plant. FERC’s notice invites public input on the scope of environmental review for the project an is...