TransCanada Calls Alaska LNG Project No Longer Commercially Reasonable
Posted on Nov 2, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on TransCanada Calls Alaska LNG Project No Longer Commercially Reasonable
KTUU reports that TransCanada representative Vincent Lee told Alaska state legislators last week that his company supports Alaska’s buyout of TransCanada’s share of the Alaska LNG Project because the project “is no longer commercially reasonable” as currently structured. The legislature has been meeting to discuss the state’s possible buyout of TransCanada in the Alaska LNG Project,...
FERC Responds to Questions on LNG Terminal Land Rights
Posted on Nov 2, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Responds to Questions on LNG Terminal Land Rights
FERC has released a letter from Chairman Norman Bay in response to questions posed by Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkly regarding the land rights dispute over the proposed the Oregon LNG project site in Warrenton, Ore. The letter asserts, among other things, that: – Holders of Section 3 authorizations for LNG facilities do not...
Cheniere Marketing International and ENGIE Sign 5-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement
Posted on Oct 30, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere Marketing International and ENGIE Sign 5-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing International LLP, has entered into a 5-year Sale and Purchase Agreement with ENGIE S.A. for the delivery of up to 12 cargoes of LNG per year (approximately 222 million MMBtus in total) from 2018 to 2023. The cargoes will be delivered on an ex-ship basis primarily to the Montoir de Bretagne LNG regasification...
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Files Construction Update
Posted on Oct 29, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Corpus Christi Liquefaction Files Construction Update
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc., has filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through September 2015 at its liquefaction facility and LNG export terminal at Corpus Christi, Texas. The report states that engineering has progressed to 82.0%, procurement has progressed to 32%, and Bechtel’s construction has progressed to 0.4%. The...
Woodfibre LNG Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate for B.C. Export Terminal
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Woodfibre LNG Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate for B.C. Export Terminal
The British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office has issued an environmental assessment certificate approving Woodfibre LNG’s proposed liquefaction and export terminal near Squamish, B.C. According to The Vancouver Sun article, the facility “still requires federal environmental approval and it could be the first test of the incoming Liberal government’s approach to energy...
Construction of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Continues
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Construction of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Continues
FERC has issued an order approving Dominion Cove Point LNG’s request to proceed with construction of the heavy hydrocarbons removal unit structural steel at the LNG export terminal under construction at Lusby, Md. Also, the Calvert Recorder reports that “the largest piece of equipment” for the facility, the main cryogenic heat exchanger, which is half the length of a football field,...