Flint Hills Resources Files DOE Application to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Nov 16, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Flint Hills Resources Files DOE Application to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations
Flint Hills Resources, LP (Flint Hills) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export up to 3.62 Bcf/year over 20 years to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Flint Hills proposes to export LNG produced at the existing Stabilis LNG Eagle Ford LLC facility located at George West, Texas via tanker trucks or ISO...
FERC Releases Final EIS for the Proposed Magnolia LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Nov 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final EIS for the Proposed Magnolia LNG Export Terminal
FERC has released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Magnolia LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La. and the various liquefaction, LNG distribution, and appurtenant facilities. The notice states that FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts but these impacts would be reduced to...
Toshiba Looking To Sell Down Freeport LNG Tolling Agreements
Posted on Nov 9, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Toshiba Looking To Sell Down Freeport LNG Tolling Agreements
Reuters reports that due to low Asian natural gas prices, Toshiba is looking to sell down its tolling agreements with Freeport LNG under which Toshiba must pay Freeport LNG up to $370 million per year in fees over 20 years for the Quintana Island, Texas liquefaction plant even if Toshiba does not use the facility to produce LNG. According to the report, Toshiba has held talks recently...
Downeast LNG Requests Pause of FERC Review
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Requests Pause of FERC Review
Downeast LNG has filed a letter requesting that FERC hold its review of Downeast LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal in Robbinston, Maine in abeyance “until February 29, 2016 while Downeast LNG and its investors undertake an economic analysis of current market conditions and the associated impact on the proposed Downeast LNG project.”...
Alaska Legislature Approves State Buyout of TransCanada’s Share of the Alaska LNG Project
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Legislature Approves State Buyout of TransCanada’s Share of the Alaska LNG Project
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that the Alaska legislature has approved the state’s buyout of TransCanada’s share of the proposed Alaska LNG Project (AKLNG), consisting of an 800 mile pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies and a liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Nikiski. Currently, TransCanada owns 25% of the gas treatment plant and 25% of the pipeline portion of...
NextDecade Announces Heads of Agreements with Asian and European Customers
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on NextDecade Announces Heads of Agreements with Asian and European Customers
NextDecade LLC announced that it has signed Heads of Agreements (HOAs) with unspecified Asian and European customers for the sale and purchase of a total of 14 million tons of LNG/year. NextDecade is the sponsor of the proposed Rio Grande LNG liquefaction and export terminal in Brownsville, Texas, and the proposed Pelican Island LNG liquefaction and export terminal in Galveston,...