Bear Head LNG Receives Environmental Approval for Nova Scotia LNG Terminal
Posted on May 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bear Head LNG Receives Environmental Approval for Nova Scotia LNG Terminal
Bear Head LNG has announced that the Nova Scotia Department of Environment (NSE) has approved Bear Head LNG’s provincial Environmental Assessment for the development of an 8 million tonnes per year LNG export facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. Bear Head LNG states that the NSE approval is the last of the 10 initial federal, provincial and local regulatory approvals needed to...
B.C. Government Announces Agreement for Petronas LNG Terminal
Posted on May 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C. Government Announces Agreement for Petronas LNG Terminal
The Globe and Mail reports that the British Columbia government has signed a project development agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG), a joint venture led by Malaysian state oil company Petronas. The agreement provides the steps needed for development of the PNW LNG export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, B.C. According to the report, the agreement is subject to...
Strom Files for Non-FTA LNG Export Authorization from Non-FERC Jurisdictional Facility
Posted on May 18, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Strom Files for Non-FTA LNG Export Authorization from Non-FERC Jurisdictional Facility
Strom, Inc. has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authority to export 56.42 billion square feet of LNG per year over 25 years from its proposed LNG liquefaction facility at Crystal River, Fla. to nations without a Free Trade agreement with the United States. Strom intends to export LNG produced from “modular, scalable and portable” LNG systems and...
Texas LNG Brownsville Files Draft Resource Reports
Posted on May 18, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Texas LNG Brownsville Files Draft Resource Reports
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) has filed preliminary draft Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review for its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas. The reports can be found here, and the complete docket for the Texas...
FERC Releases Update on Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG Project
Posted on May 18, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG Project
FERC has released an update on its environmental review of Venture Global Calcasieu Pass’s (Venture Global) proposed 487.2 Bcf/year liquefaction facility and LNG export terminal on the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron Parish, La. The next major step in the process will be FERC Staff’s issuance of comments on Venture Global’s draft environmental resource reports. The update states that...
Woodside Petroleum Confirms Purchase Agreement for Corpus Christi LNG Supplies
Posted on May 15, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Woodside Petroleum Confirms Purchase Agreement for Corpus Christi LNG Supplies
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. announced that, with the Cheniere Energy’s Final Investment Decision, the conditions precedent to its LNG sales and purchase agreement with Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) have been satisfied and that Woodside will purchase, on a free on board basis, approximately 0.85 million tonnes of LNG/year from the second liquefaction train at the proposed CCL...