Sabine Pass LNG Authorized to Begin Train 3 Commissioning
Posted on Nov 9, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Authorized to Begin Train 3 Commissioning
FERC has issued a letter authorizing Cheniere Energy affiliate Sabine Pass LNG to introduce feed gas and refrigerants for commissioning of liquefaction Train 3 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La....
Woodfibre LNG Commits to Build B.C. LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Nov 7, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Woodfibre LNG Commits to Build B.C. LNG Export Terminal
The Globe and Mail reports that Woodfibre LNG announced that it is moving forward with its proposed LNG export terminal near Squamish, 65 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Byng Giraud, Woodfibre LNG’s country manager, is quoted as saying “[w]e commit today to build this project, a project that is right for Squamish and right for B.C.” According to the article,...
Federal Court Rejects Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Corpus Christi LNG Orders
Posted on Nov 4, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Federal Court Rejects Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Corpus Christi LNG Orders
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a Judgment denying Sierra Club’s appeal of FERC’s orders approving the Corpus Christi Liquefaction LNG export project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Citing its opinion regarding the Freeport LNG terminal, the Court stated that regarding the indirect effects of natural gas exports on the environment, FERC’s National Environmental...
Jordan Cove Energy Project Requests Expedited Rehearing of LNG Project Denial
Posted on Nov 3, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Jordan Cove Energy Project Requests Expedited Rehearing of LNG Project Denial
Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline (together, JCEP) have requested that FERC expeditiously rule on their request for rehearing of FERC’s order, which order denied JCEP’s applications to construct a liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore. and an interconnected pipeline. FERC’s order rejected JCEP’s applications for lack of market support. In the...
BP Energy Requests Expedited FERC Action on Dominion Cove Point LNG Remand
Posted on Nov 2, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on BP Energy Requests Expedited FERC Action on Dominion Cove Point LNG Remand
BP Energy has filed a motion requesting that FERC expeditiously act on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s remand of BP Energy Co. v. FERC regarding capacity turn back on Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP). According to BP Energy, the Court remanded the case to FERC for further explanation of why the 2012 agreement which permitted Statoil Natural Gas, LLC, to turn back certain...
First Nations and Environmental Group Challenge Pacific NorthWest LNG Decision in Court
Posted on Oct 28, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on First Nations and Environmental Group Challenge Pacific NorthWest LNG Decision in Court
The Canadian Press reports that Canadian First Nations groups, the Gitwilgyoots Tribe and Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, and the SkeenaWild Conservation Trust have filed separate applications for judicial review in Federal Court of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) decision approving Pacific NorthWest LNG’s (PNWLNG) proposed liquefaction and export terminal near...