Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG has filed a report with FERC on the status of construction, through September 2015, at its LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, La. The report states that Stage 1 (Liquefaction Trains 1 and 2) overall project completion is 95.2% against the scheduled plan of 97.5%. Fuel gas has been introduced into Train 1. Stage 2 (Liquefaction Trains 3 and 4) overall project...
Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
Posted on Oct 16, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
The Globe and Mail reports that the president of Pacific Northwest LNG, majority backed by Malaysian state oil company Petronas, has stated that despite a native group’s legal challenge of the project’s proposed site, his company is “shovel ready, and ready to move ahead as soon as we’ve got the final federal government approvals and final permits” for its proposed LNG export terminal,...
FERC to Issue Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Elba Island Export Terminal in February 2016
Posted on Oct 15, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Issue Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Elba Island Export Terminal in February 2016
FERC has issued a notice stating that it intends to issue an environmental assessment on February 5, 2016, for Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C.’s and affiliates’ proposed LNG export terminal on Elba Island, near Savannah, Ga. The notice also indicates that other federal agencies having jurisdiction over the project will have until May 5, 2016 to complete their review. ...
DOE Vacates Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions’ LNG Export Authorization
Posted on Oct 15, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Vacates Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions’ LNG Export Authorization
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order (1) vacating Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC’s (ELS) authorization to export LNG from its proposed terminal in Calhoun County, Texas to nations with a Free Trade Agreement with the United States and (2) granting withdrawal of ELS’s pending application to export LNG to non-FTA nations. ELS requested the DOE actions in a...
Coast Guard Releases FEIS for Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Oct 14, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Marine Regulation | Comments Off on Coast Guard Releases FEIS for Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Import Terminal
The U.S. Coast Guard has released its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose Deepwater Port LNG import terminal to be located offshore New York and New Jersey. According to the Liberty Natural Gas press release, the FEIS “confirms that the project is needed, the location is safe, and the impacts to the environment are minimal.” An...
ConocoPhillips Alaska Seeks to Renew its Blanket FTA and Non-FTA LNG Export Authority
Posted on Oct 8, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Alaska Seeks to Renew its Blanket FTA and Non-FTA LNG Export Authority
ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. (CPANGC) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy for blanket authority to export a total of 40 Bcf over a two year period from its Kenai, Alaska LNG facility to nations with (FTA) and without (Non-FTA) a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The request would extend CPANGC’s existing authority for another two years....