FERC Releases Update on Review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Application
Posted on Oct 5, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Application
FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s (Plaquemines LNG) application to construct a liquefaction and export terminal on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La. and the Gator Express Pipeline interconnected pipeline. FERC is currently reviewing the draft resource reports and consulting with...
FERC to Prepare EIS for Proposed Driftwood LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Oct 3, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare EIS for Proposed Driftwood LNG Export Terminal
FERC has issued a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Driftwood LNG liquefaction and export terminal and interconnected pipeline in Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, and Evangeline Parishes, La. Comments on the scope of the EIS are due November 4, 2016. ...
Canadian Government Conditionally Approves Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 28, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Government Conditionally Approves Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal
CBC News reports that the Canadian federal government has approved Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia with 190 legally binding conditions. According to the report, majority sponsor Malaysian state oil company Petronas “initially said it would proceed with the project if the federal government gave its approval, but now the...
U.S. Senators Ask DOE to Slow Down LNG Export Approvals
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. Senators Ask DOE to Slow Down LNG Export Approvals
A group of twelve U.S. Senators has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Moniz requesting that “DOE slow its [LNG export] approval process until the full impacts of currently approved exports are realized.” The letter expresses concerns that LNG exports will increase domestic natural gas prices, noting that “more than 60 percent of 2015 natural gas production has been approved...
FERC Orders Approving Aguirre Offshore Gasport Challenged in Court
Posted on Aug 30, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Orders Approving Aguirre Offshore Gasport Challenged in Court
Comité Diálogo Ambiental, Inc. (“Diálogo”) has filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging FERC’s orders authorizing construction and operation of Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC’s (“Gasport”) proposed LNG import terminal on the southern shore of Puerto Rico near Salinas. Diálogo challenges FERC’s approval of Gasport “before completing the...
DOE Grants American LNG Marketing Blanket Export Authority
Posted on Aug 25, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Grants American LNG Marketing Blanket Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order granting American LNG Marketing blanket authority to export up to 3.02 Bcf/year of LNG over two years from its proposed Hialeah facility near Medley, Fla. to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. The LNG would be loaded into ISO containers...