Kinder Morgan to Purchase Shell’s Equity Interest in the Elba LNG Liquefaction Joint Venture
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Kinder Morgan to Purchase Shell’s Equity Interest in the Elba LNG Liquefaction Joint Venture
Today, Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced that it has agreed to purchase 100% of Shell’s equity interest in Elba Liquefaction Company, LLC (ELC), the owner of the proposed Elba Liquefaction and export project, to be located at the existing Elba Island LNG import terminal near Savannah, Ga. Kinder Morgan currently owns 51% of the ELC joint venture and will purchase Shell’s remaining 49%. ...
National Marine Fisheries Service Requests More Information for Jordan Cove Energy Project Biological Assessment
Posted on Jul 14, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on National Marine Fisheries Service Requests More Information for Jordan Cove Energy Project Biological Assessment
The West Coast Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has filed a lengthy request with FERC for more information to enable NMFS to perform its evaluation of FERC’s Biological Assessment for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and interconnected pipeline. NMFS’s request can be found here, and the complete docket for the Jordan...
DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Corpus Christi LNG Order
Posted on Jul 14, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Issues Tolling Order on Rehearing of Corpus Christi LNG Order
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order granting rehearing for further consideration regarding Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of DOE’s final opinion and order authorizing Cheniere Marketing (Cheniere) and Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The order extends indefinitely the time by...
Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (OLCD) has entered into an agreement with Oregon LNG to extend for an additional 90 days the deadline by which OLCD must review Oregon LNG’s certification that its proposed bidirectional LNG terminal project in Warrenton, Ore. is consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Program under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act....
B.C. to Conduct Environmental Assessment of the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. to Conduct Environmental Assessment of the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
The Canadian Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, P.C., M.P., has approved British Columbia (B.C.)’s request for substitution to permit B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office to prepare the environmental assessment for the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project. Last week, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency had ruled that a federal environmental...
DOE Authorizes Additional LNG Exports from Cameron LNG Expansion
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes Additional LNG Exports from Cameron LNG Expansion
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has authorized Cameron LNG to export 515 Bcf/year of LNG produced from Cameron LNG’s proposed liquefaction Trains 4 and 5 near Hackberry, La. to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Cameron LNG’s total authorized FTA export volume is now 1,287 Bcf/year from Trains 1-5 at its terminal. ...