DOE Releases LNG Export Data through July 2017
Posted on Sep 15, 2017 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on DOE Releases LNG Export Data through July 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released data on U.S. LNG imports and exports for the period February 2016 through July 2017. The top five recipients of exported LNG from the United States, and the percentages of the total amount of LNG exported for the period, are Mexico (23.3%), South Korea (8.8%), China (8.8%), Chile (8.7%) and Japan (7.2%)....
DOE Proposes Expedited Approval for Small-Scale LNG Exports
Posted on Sep 5, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Proposes Expedited Approval for Small-Scale LNG Exports
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has promulgated a proposed rule that will provide for expedited approval of small-scale exports of natural gas, including LNG, from U.S. export facilities. According to the press release, the U.S. small-scale LNG export market involves exports of small volumes of natural gas from the United States primarily to countries in the Caribbean, Central...
FERC Authorizes Dominion Cove Point Commissioning Activities
Posted on Sep 5, 2017 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Dominion Cove Point Commissioning Activities
FERC has issued a letter authorizing Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP (Dominion) to perform certain commissioning activities at its LNG export project at Lusby, Md. Dominion is authorized “to introduce hazardous fluids and perform related commissioning activities for the following: feed gas to the pretreatment and liquefaction areas and equipment related to ship loading, including...
Fourchon LNG Files for DOE Export Authority
Posted on Sep 5, 2017 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Fourchon LNG Files for DOE Export Authority
Fourchon LNG LLC (Fourchon LNG) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for long-term, multi-contract authorization to export up to 260 Bcf/year of domestically produced LNG for 30 years to countries which have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States and for 20 years to any countries without an FTA with the United States. Fourchon LNG proposes to...
FERC Terminates Pre-Filing Process for G2 LNG Export Project
Posted on Aug 30, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Terminates Pre-Filing Process for G2 LNG Export Project
FERC Staff has sent a letter to counsel for G2 LNG, LLC (“G2 LNG”) stating that it was terminating the pre-filing environmental review process for G2 LNG’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the west bank of the Calcasieu River in Cameron Parish, La. The letter states, among other things, that G2 LNG has not filed the draft resource reports “needed for staff to continue...
FERC Approves Pre-Filing Process for Port Fourchon LNG Project
Posted on Aug 21, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Pre-Filing Process for Port Fourchon LNG Project
FERC has issued a letter approving Fourchon LNG LLC’s (Fourchon) request to begin the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed Port Fourchon LNG export terminal project on Belle Pass in Lafourche Parish, La. Fourchon plans to develop the terminal in two phases, with the first phase having a liquefaction capacity of two million metric tons of LNG per annum (MTPA), and...