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Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Granted Long-Term FTA Export Authority

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order granting Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, Inc. (Plaquemines LNG) authority to export 1,240 Bcf/year (3.4 Bcf/day) of LNG from its proposed liquefaction and export terminal near mile marker 55 on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La.  Plaquemines LNG is authorized to export the LNG via vessel over a 25-year period to...

Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Granted Long-Term FTA Export Authority

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order granting Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC (Eagle LNG) authority to export 49.8 Bcf/year (0.14 Bcf/day) of LNG from its proposed production, storage, and export facility on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla.  Eagle LNG is authorized to export the LNG over a 20-year period to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with...

DOE Approves Additional Non-FTA Exports from Cameron LNG Terminal

Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export an additional 1.41Bcf/day of LNG from its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal expansion project in Cameron Parish, La. to countries without a Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) with the United States.  The order increases Cameron LNG’s authorized export...

Court Remands BP Energy Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Capacity Allocation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion remanding to FERC for further explanation how FERC’s orders, which permitted Statoil Natural Gas, but not BP Energy, to turn back certain capacity held on Dominion Cove Point LNG’s system, were not unduly discriminatory as to BP Energy under the Natural Gas Act.  ...

Court Backs FERC on Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion rejecting EarthReports’, Sierra Club’s and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s joint appeal of FERC’s orders, which authorized construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md.  According to Law360, the Petitioners, among other things, “claimed that FERC flouted the National...

Maritime Administration Releases DEIS for Delfin LNG Application

The U.S. Maritime Administration has released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Delfin LNG’s application for a license to construct and operate a deepwater port LNG export terminal and interconnected pipeline.  The proposed Delfin LNG export terminal would be located in Federal waters within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) approximately 37.4 to 40.8 nautical miles...

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