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Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report

Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction progress at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. through May 2016.  The report states that liquefaction Train 1 substantial completion was achieved on May 27, 2016, and substantial completion for Train 2 is anticipated by late September 2016.  Trains 3 and 4 targeted substantial completion dates are April 2017 and...

FERC Approves Freeport LNG Feeder Pipeline Project

FERC has issued an order authorizing Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) to construct and operate the Coastal Bend Header Project pipeline facilities which will provide 1.42 Bcf/day of firm gas transportation service to Freeport LNG Development, LP’s liquefaction and LNG export terminal under construction on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas.  BP Energy Company, Chubu...

Alaska LNG Project Files Second Draft Resource Reports

Alaska LNG Project has filed with FERC second drafts of Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) as part of FERC’s pre-filing environmental review process. The Alaska LNG Project, sponsored by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, and ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, was formed for the purpose of...

Sabine Pass Withdraws Application to Construct LNG Truck Loading Facilities

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Sabine Pass) has filed a letter with FERC withdrawing its application for authorization to construct and operate LNG truck loading facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. The letter request withdrawal of the application because “Sabine Pass and its customers are focused primarily on the completion of construction and placement in...

Sierra Club Files Court Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Authorizations

Sierra Club has filed a court appeal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) orders authorizing long-term exports of LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States from the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal under construction at Lusby, Md.  The appeal was filed June 15, 2016 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  In the case before DOE, DOE...

DOE Releases April 2016 LNG Export Data

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has released LNG import and export data for 2016 through April.  The data show that in April three commissioning cargoes of domestically produced LNG were exported from the Sabine Pass Liquefaction terminal in Cameron Parish, La.: two cargoes totaling 6,310,025 Mcf were sent to Argentina at export point prices ranging from $3.85...

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