FERC Approves Rio Grande LNG’s Request to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Posted on Apr 14, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Rio Grande LNG’s Request to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures
Yesterday, FERC issued an order approving Rio Grande LNG, LLC’s (RGLNG) request that FERC initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for RGLNG’s proposal to construct a natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal facility in Cameron County, Texas, along the north embankment of the Brownsville Ship Channel. The facility would have an LNG production capacity of...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Charles LNG Export Project
Posted on Apr 10, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Charles LNG Export Project
FERC has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Lake Charles liquefaction and LNG export terminal project proposed by Trunkline Gas Company and affiliates at the existing LNG import terminal at Lake Charles, La. The DEIS concludes that approval of the proposed project would have some adverse environmental impacts, but most of these impacts would be...
FERC Approves Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Expansion
Posted on Apr 7, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Expansion
Yesterday, FERC issued an order approving Cheniere Energy affiliate Sabine Pass LNG’s application to construct liquefaction Trains 5 and 6 at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and to expand the capacity of the interconnected pipeline. The expansion would increase the Liquefaction Project’s total authorized production capacity from approximately 20 million tonnes...
FERC Disclaims Jurisdiction Over Inland Facility Producing LNG for Export
Posted on Apr 6, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Disclaims Jurisdiction Over Inland Facility Producing LNG for Export
FERC has issued an order disclaiming jurisdiction pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act over Pivotal LNG and its affiliates’ inland U.S. facilities, which produce LNG that may ultimately be exported. FERC ruled that its section 3 LNG terminal jurisdiction extends to a facility that is “(1) connected to a pipeline that delivers gas to or sends gas from the facility and (2)...
FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Environmental Review Procedures for Annova LNG Brownsville Export Project
Posted on Mar 27, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Environmental Review Procedures for Annova LNG Brownsville Export Project
FERC has approved Annova LNG Brownsville and affiliates’ (ALB) request for initiation of pre-filing environmental review procedures for ALB’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas. The Project is proposed to consist of an export terminal and six liquefaction trains, each with a firm nameplate capacity of 1.0 million...
Coast Guard and MARAD Temporarily Suspend Review of Port Ambrose LNG Import Project
Posted on Mar 26, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Coast Guard and MARAD Temporarily Suspend Review of Port Ambrose LNG Import Project
The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) have temporarily suspended their review of Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose deepwater LNG import terminal to be located off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. The suspension was implemented to permit the Coast Guard and MARAD to complete their Final Environmental Impact Statement for the project and to...