First Nations File Court Appeal of B.C. Approval of Kitimat Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Dec 19, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on First Nations File Court Appeal of B.C. Approval of Kitimat Feeder Pipeline
The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian First Nations Nadleh Whut’en and Nak’azdli (the First Nations) have filed a court appeal of the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) decision to approve TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which would supply gas to the proposed LNG Canada export terminal near Kitimat, B.C. The First Nations allege that EAO...
Oregon Court of Appeals Sends Oregon LNG Pipeline Permit Case Back to Land Use Board
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Court of Appeals Sends Oregon LNG Pipeline Permit Case Back to Land Use Board
Yesterday, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued an opinion ruling that the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) improperly found that a Clatsop County Commissioner displayed disqualifying bias when he voted in favor of withdrawing the County’s approval of a land use permit for a pipeline to serve the proposed Oregon LNG terminal. The opinion remands the case back to LUBA to consider...
DOE Grants SCT&E FTA LNG Export Authority
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Grants SCT&E FTA LNG Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued an order granting SCT&E LNG, LLC authority to export over 30 years up to 12 million metric tons per year (584 Bcf/year) of LNG by vessel from the proposed SCT&E LNG Terminal on Monkey Island in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, Cameron Parish, La., to nations with a Free Trade Agreement with the United States that requires national treatment...
Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Posted on Dec 17, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Pacific NorthWest LNG and the District of Port Edward, British Columbia, announced today that they have agreed to a 25 year agreement-in-principle in support of infrastructure and services totaling approximately $150 million related to a proposed LNG export terminal on Lelu Island. The agreement is subject to Pacific NorthWest LNG proceeding to construction of the terminal and will be...
Transco to Construct Lateral to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Posted on Dec 17, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Transco to Construct Lateral to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC (Transco) filed an application with FERC to construct a seven mile 36-inch pipeline to provide 1,200,000 Dth/day of incremental firm transportation capacity from the Station 65 Zone 3 Pool in St. Helena Parish, La. to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Transco has executed a binding precedent agreement with Sabine Pass for 100%...
Apache to Sell Kitimat LNG Share to Woodside Petroleum
Posted on Dec 15, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Apache to Sell Kitimat LNG Share to Woodside Petroleum
The Globe and Mail reports that Australian oil and natural gas company Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has agreed to buy Apache Corporation’s 50% stake in the proposed Kitimat LNG export terminal project in British Columbia. Chevron Corporation holds the other 50% interest in Kitimat...