DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Corpus Christi LNG Order
Posted on Jul 14, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Corpus Christi LNG Order
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order granting rehearing for further consideration regarding Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of DOE’s final opinion and order authorizing Cheniere Marketing (Cheniere) and Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The order extends indefinitely the time by...
Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (OLCD) has entered into an agreement with Oregon LNG to extend for an additional 90 days the deadline by which OLCD must review Oregon LNG’s certification that its proposed bidirectional LNG terminal project in Warrenton, Ore. is consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Program under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act....
DOE Authorizes Additional LNG Exports from Cameron LNG Expansion
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes Additional LNG Exports from Cameron LNG Expansion
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has authorized Cameron LNG to export 515 Bcf/year of LNG produced from Cameron LNG’s proposed liquefaction Trains 4 and 5 near Hackberry, La. to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Cameron LNG’s total authorized FTA export volume is now 1,287 Bcf/year from Trains 1-5 at its terminal. ...
BP Energy Files Appeal of FERC Orders Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
Posted on Jul 9, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on BP Energy Files Appeal of FERC Orders Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
BP Energy has filed a petition for review of FERC’s orders authorizing construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) export terminal in Lusby, Md. BP Energy filed the petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge orders in which FERC determined that DCP did not unduly discriminate against BP Energy by not offering BP Energy the same...
Federal Environmental Assessment Required for WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
Posted on Jul 8, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Federal Environmental Assessment Required for WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has ruled that a federal environmental assessment, rather than a provincial environmental assessment as requested by the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, is required for the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project. The project, proposed by WesPac Midstream – Vancouver LLC, involves the construction and operation of a new LNG...
FERC Concerned with Viability of CE FLNG Project
Posted on Jul 6, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Concerned with Viability of CE FLNG Project
FERC Staff has sent a letter to CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), an affiliate of Cambridge Energy Group Limited, regarding the status of its proposed self-propelled floating LNG export terminal on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La. The letter states that due to CE FLNG’s project schedule changes and the lack of a complete set of filed draft resource...