FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Review Process for Driftwood LNG
Posted on Jun 6, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Review Process for Driftwood LNG
FERC has issued a letter approving Driftwood LNG’s request to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed 26 million tonnes/year liquefaction facility and LNG export terminal on the west side of the Calcasieu River, Calcasieu Parish, La. and interconnected pipeline. The letter indicates that Driftwood LNG intends to file a formal application for the project no...
FERC Authorizes Elba Island LNG Export Terminal Construction and Operation
Posted on Jun 2, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Elba Island LNG Export Terminal Construction and Operation
FERC has issued an order authorizing Kinder Morgan subsidiaries Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C. and Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. to construct and operate liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities (Elba Liquefaction Project) at the existing LNG import terminal at Elba Island, near Savannah, Ga. The order also authorizes Elba Express Company, L.L.C. to add north-to-south...
Magnolia LNG Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Jun 1, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Magnolia LNG Files Construction Status Report
Magnolia LNG has filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through May 2016 at its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal near Lake Charles, La. The report states that Magnolia is currently revising its Section 404/10 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which, once approved, is the last required federal authorization required for the project. ...
Sabine Pass Train 1 Placed In Service
Posted on Jun 1, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Train 1 Placed In Service
Sabine Pass LNG (Sabine Pass) has filed a letter with FERC stating that on May 27, 2016, Sabine Pass “accepted Care, Custody, and Control of Train 1 and Stage 1 OSBL from its EPC contractor, Bechtel, and placed the facilities in service.” The letter further states that the Train 1 and Stage 1 OSBL liquefaction facilities have been constructed in compliance with all the applicable...
Scientists Oppose Petronas’s Proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal
Posted on May 31, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Scientists Oppose Petronas’s Proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal
A group of 90 international climate change scientists and climate policy experts has sent a letter to Canada’s Environmental Minister Catherine McKenna requesting that she “reject the proposed Pacific Northwest (PNW) LNG project due its significant adverse environmental effects from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.” Malaysian state oil company Petronas is the primary sponsor of the...
DOE Denies Rehearing of Orders Authorizing Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Sabine Pass Non-FTA Exports
Posted on May 27, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Denies Rehearing of Orders Authorizing Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Sabine Pass Non-FTA Exports
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued two orders denying Sierra Club’s requests for rehearing of DOE orders which authorized: (1) Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (CCL) to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) from CCL’s proposed LNG terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas; and (2) Sabine Pass Liquefaction to export LNG to...