DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Freeport LNG Export Authority
Posted on Jan 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Freeport LNG Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a tolling order, which extends indefinitely the time by which DOE will act on Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of DOE’s prior orders authorizing LNG exports from the proposed Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana Island, Texas to nations without a free trade agreement with the United...
Air Flow North America Files for LNG Export Authority
Posted on Jan 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Air Flow North America Files for LNG Export Authority
Air Flow North America Corporation has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authority to export 22,000 gallons of domestically sourced LNG per day over a 25-year period to any country in Central America, South America, the Caribbean or Africa, with which trade is not prohibited by the United States. Air Flow proposes to export the LNG from Clean Energy...
FERC Approves Corpus Christi LNG Terminal Application
Posted on Jan 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves Corpus Christi LNG Terminal Application
FERC has issued an order approving Cheniere Energy affiliate Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC’s application to construct and operate bi-directional LNG export and import facilities and an interconnected pipeline on the northern shore of Corpus Christi Bay in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, Texas. The proposed facilities would have the capability to liquefy for export approximately...
DOE Grants SCT&E FTA LNG Export Authority
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Grants SCT&E FTA LNG Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued an order granting SCT&E LNG, LLC authority to export over 30 years up to 12 million metric tons per year (584 Bcf/year) of LNG by vessel from the proposed SCT&E LNG Terminal on Monkey Island in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, Cameron Parish, La., to nations with a Free Trade Agreement with the United States that requires national treatment...
Transco to Construct Lateral to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Posted on Dec 17, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Transco to Construct Lateral to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC (Transco) filed an application with FERC to construct a seven mile 36-inch pipeline to provide 1,200,000 Dth/day of incremental firm transportation capacity from the Station 65 Zone 3 Pool in St. Helena Parish, La. to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Transco has executed a binding precedent agreement with Sabine Pass for 100%...
FERC Pushes Back Environmental Review of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project
Posted on Dec 15, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation | Comments Off on FERC Pushes Back Environmental Review of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project
FERC released a notice extending the date for the issuance of a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project to be located offshore Puerto Rico. The FEIS will now be released on February 20, 2015, and other federal agencies will have until May 21, 2015 to finish their review of the proposal. FERC’s notice can be found here, and the...