FERC Denies Rehearing of Order Authorizing Lake Charles LNG Export Project
Posted on Jul 5, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Denies Rehearing of Order Authorizing Lake Charles LNG Export Project
FERC has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of the order authorizing construction and operation of the Lake Charles LNG export terminal in Calcasieu Parish, La. FERC denied Sierra Club’s arguments that FERC’s National Environmental Policy Act analysis of the project was flawed because it ignored indirect effects related to: (1) upstream natural gas production;...
FERC Releases Update on Review of Alaska LNG Application
Posted on Jul 5, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Review of Alaska LNG Application
FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of the proposed Alaska LNG project. Currently, Alaska LNG is reviewing the comments from FERC and other agencies on its first set of draft resource reports (RRs), as well as comments received during scoping, and incorporating them into a second set of draft RRs. Alaska LNG anticipates filing the second set of draft RRs...
Court Denies Sierra Club Appeals of Freeport LNG and Sabine Pass LNG Orders
Posted on Jun 29, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Denies Sierra Club Appeals of Freeport LNG and Sabine Pass LNG Orders
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued two opinions denying (1) Sierra Club’s and Galveston Baykeeper’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to construct and operate LNG export terminal facilities at its LNG import terminal on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas, and (2) Sierra Club’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing...
Environmental Review of Petronas’s Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal Resumes
Posted on Jun 27, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Review of Petronas’s Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal Resumes
Reuters reports that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has resumed its review of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) project near Lelu Island, British Columbia. Malaysian state oil company Petronas is the primary sponsor of the PNWLNG project. The CEAA review process was paused in March to permit CEAA to obtain more information about the proposal from...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Progress Report
Posted on Jun 24, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Progress Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG has filed a report with FERC covering construction progress at its liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. through May 2016. The report states that engineering is 99.8% complete, engineered equipment procurement is 99% complete, and construction is 38% complete. ...
Rio Grande LNG Files Response to Opposing Parties
Posted on Jun 23, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Rio Grande LNG Files Response to Opposing Parties
Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (together, RGLNG) have filed an answer with FERC opposing various entities’ motions to intervene, protests and comments regarding RGLNG’s application to construct and operate a liquefaction and LNG export terminal along Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas, and an interconnected pipeline. RGLNG requests that FERC (1)...