FERC Staff Finds Jordan Cove Energy Project’s LNG Terminal an Environmentally Acceptable Action
Posted on Sep 30, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Staff Finds Jordan Cove Energy Project’s LNG Terminal an Environmentally Acceptable Action
FERC’s environmental staff (Staff) has released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and interconnected pipeline (together, the “Project”). The Staff concludes that construction and operation of the Project would result in some limited adverse environmental impacts, but most of these impacts...
Port Dolphin Energy Abandons Plans for Deepwater Port and Pipeline Into Florida
Posted on Sep 28, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Marine Regulation | Comments Off on Port Dolphin Energy Abandons Plans for Deepwater Port and Pipeline Into Florida
Port Dolphin Energy (Port Dolphin) has filed a motion requesting that FERC vacate the order in which Port Dolphin received certificates and waivers to construct an onshore pipeline in Florida to import regasified LNG from Port Dolphin’s proposed offshore Deepwater LNG Port. Port Dolphin stated that due to changed market conditions where the United States is positioned to become an...
Cameron LNG Files Expansion Application
Posted on Sep 28, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cameron LNG Files Expansion Application
Cameron LNG has filed an application with FERC to expand the maximum liquefaction and export capabilities of its LNG terminal under construction at Hackberry, La. by 9.97 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) (515 Bcf) to 24.92 MTPA. ...
Texas LNG Brownsville Authorized to Export LNG to FTA Nations
Posted on Sep 28, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Texas LNG Brownsville Authorized to Export LNG to FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued an order authorizing Texas LNG Brownsville LLC to export over a 25 year term 204.4 Bcf/year of domestically produced LNG by vessel from its proposed LNG terminal at the Port of Brownsville, Texas to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States....
FERC Authorizes Fuel Gas for Sabine Pass LNG Train 1 Commissioning
Posted on Sep 25, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Fuel Gas for Sabine Pass LNG Train 1 Commissioning
FERC has issued an order authorizing Sabine Pass Liquefaction to introduce fuel gas in certain areas for commissioning of liquefaction Train 1 and the Stage 1 Outside Battery Limits at SPL’s terminal in Cameron Parish La. ...
DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Request for Rehearing of Cameron LNG Export Orders
Posted on Sep 25, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Request for Rehearing of Cameron LNG Export Orders
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of orders authorizing Cameron LNG to export LNG from its terminal under construction near Hackberry, La. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. DOE rejected Sierra Club’s arguments that (1) the Natural Gas Act does not provide a rebuttal presumption that gas...