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DOE Vacates Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions’ LNG Export Authorization

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order (1) vacating Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC’s (ELS) authorization to export LNG from its proposed terminal in Calhoun County, Texas to nations with a Free Trade Agreement with the United States and (2) granting withdrawal of ELS’s pending application to export LNG to non-FTA nations.  ELS requested the DOE actions in a...

Squamish Nation Conditionally Approves Woodfibre LNG Terminal

The Globe and Mail reports that the Squamish Nation Council has voted to grant an environmental certificate for the proposed Woodfibre LNG liquefaction and export terminal near Squamish, British Columbia (B.C.), conditioned upon Woodfibre LNG complying with all the conditions imposed by the Squamish Nation.  According to the article, the Squamish Nation was primarily concerned with the...

Coast Guard Releases FEIS for Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Import Terminal

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose Deepwater Port LNG import terminal to be located offshore New York and New Jersey.  According to the Liberty Natural Gas press release, the FEIS “confirms that the project is needed, the location is safe, and the impacts to the environment are minimal.”  An...

Approval Recommended for Power Plant to Serve Jordan Cove LNG Project

The Oregon Department of Energy has issued a proposed order recommending that the Energy Facility Siting Council issue a site certificate, subject to conditions, authorizing construction and operation of the proposed South Dunes Power Plant, a 420 MW natural gas fueled electric generation facility that would provide power to the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal...

Petronas Reaffirms Commitment to Build LNG Export Terminal

The Globe and Mail reports that Petronas executive vice-president Wee Yiaw Hin reaffirmed Petronas’ commitment to build a 11.4 billion export terminal on Lelu Island in British Columbia. Petronas issued a statement yesterday that it “would like to reaffirm its commitment to deliver long-term LNG supply to its customers through the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in [British Columbia,]...

ConocoPhillips Alaska Seeks to Renew its Blanket FTA and Non-FTA LNG Export Authority

ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. (CPANGC) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy for blanket authority to export a total of 40 Bcf over a two year period from its Kenai, Alaska LNG facility to nations with (FTA) and without (Non-FTA) a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.  The request would extend CPANGC’s existing authority for another two years....

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