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Article Casts Doubt on Market for U.S. LNG Exports

An article in the Journal of Energy Security questions whether, due to the drop in oil-linked LNG prices in Asian markets, demand for U.S. LNG supplies will exist in those markets once the supplies come on line.  The article suggests Caribbean and Central American nations and U.S. vehicle fuel markets may be a better alternative for U.S. natural gas supplies.    ...

Judge Recommends Dismissal of Oregon LNG’s Suit Regarding Army Corp of Engineers’ Easement

A magistrate judge at the U.S. District Court of Oregon has recommended granting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) motion to dismiss Oregon LNG’s suit seeking a declaration that ACE’s easement rights over land Oregon LNG wants to use to build its LNG import/export terminal near Warrenton, Ore. is invalid.  The judge found that the suit was filed after the expiration of the...

Cheniere Marketing and Central El Campesino Sign Agreement for Corpus Christi LNG Supplies

Cheniere Energy announced that its subsidiary Cheniere Marketing International LLP has entered into an LNG sale and purchase agreement with Central El Campesino, under which Central El Campesino would purchase approximately 0.6 million tonnes per year of LNG delivered ex-ship for 20 years beginning in 2019 from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project currently under construction near...

Orca LNG Ltd. Receives Canadian LNG Export License

The Canadian National Energy Board has approved Orca LNG Ltd.’s application to export 1,344 Bcf/year of LNG per year over a 25-year term from its proposed natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal to be located in the vicinity of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.    ...

MARAD to Prepare EIS for Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License Application

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has issued a notice of intent to prepare in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard an environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of its environmental review of Delfin LNG LLC’s (Delfin LNG) application for a license to construct and operate an offshore LNG deepwater port export terminal for offshore Cameron Parish, La.  The onshore pipeline to...

CE FLNG Requests Continuation of FERC Pre-Filing Review Status

CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), an affiliate of Cambridge Energy Group Limited, has submitted a response to FERC’s letter  directing FLNG to submit by August 1, 2015, draft resource reports in support of its proposed self-propelled floating LNG export terminal on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La.  FERC stated that unless the reports were filed by...

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