FERC Invites American Indian Tribes to Participate in Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project Review
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Invites American Indian Tribes to Participate in Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project Review
FERC has invited the Caddo Nation as well as the Alabama-Coushatta, Tonkawa and Wichita and Affiliated Tribes to participate in the Commission’s review of the Freeport LNG liquefaction and export project. Find FERC’s letter in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Jordan Cove Developers Inform FERC of Potential Shift to LNG Exports
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove Developers Inform FERC of Potential Shift to LNG Exports
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. submitted an informational filing to FERC last week to notify the Commission that the developers of the project are considering shifting the proposed LNG import project to an LNG liquefaction and export project. The filing is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No. CP07-444. Separately, an editorial published by the Register-Guard urges...
DOE Sets Deadline for Public Comments on Cove Point LNG Re-Export Application
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on DOE Sets Deadline for Public Comments on Cove Point LNG Re-Export Application
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given formal notice of the LNG re-export application filed by Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, and set the deadline for public comments on the application for October 21, 2011. Further details are available in the Federal...
Hearing on Pacific Connector Pipeline to Focus on Environmental Impacts on Oyster Habitat
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hearing on Pacific Connector Pipeline to Focus on Environmental Impacts on Oyster Habitat
The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that a hearing scheduled for today to discuss the Pacific Connector Pipeline project will focus on the potential environmental impacts of the pipeline on a local oyster habitat in Haynes Inlet. The pipeline is associated with the planned Jordan Cove LNG regasification...
Japanese Official Pushes U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve More LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Japanese Official Pushes U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve More LNG Export Applications
During a meeting in San Francisco yesterday, Seishu Makino, Japan’s senior vice minister of trade and industry, requested U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu approve more LNG export applications that are currently pending before the Department of Energy. Bloomberg provides additional...
Dominion Cove Point Submits LNG Export Application to DOE
Posted on Sep 6, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point Submits LNG Export Application to DOE
According to MarketWatch, Dominion Cove Point has submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export up to 1Bcf/d of U.S. domestic natural gas as LNG to countries with which the United States has entered or will enter into free trade agreements. The application contemplates an export authorization term of 25 years. In addition, Dominion Cove Point also requested...