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Shell-Led LNG Canada Receives Environmental Approval for Export Terminal

LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture company comprised of Shell Canada Energy (50%), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and affiliates of PetroChina (20%), Korea Gas Corporation (15%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (15%). has received conditional environmental approval from the Canadian and British Columbia governments for its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal at...

Gulf LNG Energy Files Export Terminal Application

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC and Gulf LNG Energy, LLC (GLE) have filed an application with FERC to construct and operate two natural gas liquefaction trains, each having a base LNG production capacity of approximately five million tonnes per annum (approximately 0.75 Bcf/day), and export facilities at GLE’s existing LNG import terminal located near Pascagoula, Miss.  The...

Pacific NorthWest LNG Announces Conditional Final Investment Decision

Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) announced that the required technical and commercial components of its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, have been satisfied.  PNW LNG stated that it has resolved to move forward with a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project, subject to two conditions: the...

Freeport LNG Files Draft Resource Reports for Train 4 Project

Today, Freeport LNG filed draft Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review of its Train 4 Project.  The Train 4 Project consists of the construction of a fourth gas liquefaction train, with a production capacity of approximately 5.1 million tonnes per annum, at the Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project and...

FERC Pushes Back Environmental Review of Jordan Cove Energy Project

FERC released a revised schedule for its environmental review of the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project, an LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, the interconnected pipeline.  Due to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management’s request for additional information regarding an alternative pipeline route affecting its lands,...

Alaska Considering Buying Pipeline Share of Alaska LNG Project

The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that Alaska Governor Bill Walker is considering buying out TransCanada Corp.’s 25% share of the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline that would transport North Slope gas supplies to the proposed liquefaction and export terminal near Nikiski, Alaska. Currently, the state owns 25% of the liquefaction and LNG export terminal part of the project.  North Slope...

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