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GNL Canada Files to Export LNG Export from Proposed Quebec Terminal

Reuters reports that GNL Canada has filed an application with Canada’s National Energy Board to export up to 1.6 Bcf/day of LNG from the proposed Energie Saguenay liquefaction project near Saguenay, Quebec. GNL Quebec, owned by Freestone Capital LLC and Breyer Capital LLC, proposes to construct a 650-kilometer pipeline to connect with TransCanada’s main pipeline to supply the...

DOE Grants Strom Authority to Export LNG to FTA Nations

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Strom, Inc. authority to export 28.21 Bcf/year of LNG over a 25-year period to nations having a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.  Strom proposes to liquefy domestically produced natural gas using “small-to-medium size modular, scalable, portable liquefaction systems” at a proposed facility at Crystal River, Fla., and...

Golden Pass Products Responds to EPA Request to Justify LNG Export Project

Golden Pass Products has responded to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) request to “explain why [Golden Pass’s LNG export project] better supports U.S. strategic energy objectives than the option of not exporting domestic natural gas.”  Golden Pass cited the economic and geopolitical benefits of its project in its response to this and other EPA questions.  Golden Pass’s...

Downeast LNG Files to Export to FTA and Non-FTA Nations

Downeast LNG (Downeast) has filed applications with the U.S. Department of Energy to export from its proposed bi-directional LNG terminal in Robbinston, Maine, to nations having a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States and to non-FTA nations up to 168 Bcf/year of LNG over a 20-year period.  Downeast’s FTA application can be found here and its non-FTA application can be found...

Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report

Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through September 2014 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La.  Stage 1 (liquefaction trains 1 and 2) engineering is 99.9% complete, procurement is 99.9% complete, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 50.9% and 44.5% complete, respectively.  Stage 1 overall project completion is 75.6%...

Port Dolphin Energy Requests Additional Time to Construct Onshore Pipeline for Deepwater Port

Port Dolphin Energy LLC (PDE) filed a request with FERC to extend to December 31, 2018 the deadline by which PDE must complete construction and place into service the onshore portion of a pipeline to interconnect with PDE’s proposed Deepwater Port (DWP) terminal offshore of Tampa, Fla.  PDE states that although its DWP was initially planned to receive LNG imports, its project is still...

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