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First Nations Sign Pipeline Benefit Agreements with B.C.

The Skin Tyee First Nation (Skin Tyee) and Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band (Nee Tahi Buhn) in northern British Columbia (B.C.) have signed pipeline benefit agreements with the B.C. government allowing them to benefit from the proposed Coastal GasLink Pipeline project, which will run through the tribes’ lands to provide gas supplies to LNG Canada’s proposed LNG export terminal at Kitimat,...

Texas LNG Brownsville Secures Funding for LNG Export Terminal

Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) announced that it has secured development capital from Third Point LLC for a proposed 2 million tonnes per annum LNG export project on the Port of Brownsville shipping channel in Brownsville, Texas.  Texas LNG expects to begin the FERC pre-filing environmental review process in early 2015 and the first LNG shipments from the project are planned for...

Petronas Postpones FID on Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal

Petronas has announced that it is deferring a final investment decision (FID) for its $36 billion proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal in Port Edward, British Columbia (B.C.).  Petronas stated that despite resolving several issues with the B.C. government, the recent decline in oil prices and high terminal construction costs have necessitated a further review of the economic...

Cal LNG LLC Pursuing LNG Export Terminal on U.S. West Coast

Australian Oil Company Limited (AOC), a Sacramento Basin focused oil and gas company, announced the formation of Cal LNG LLC, a joint venture between AOC (42%), Xstate Resources Limited (18%) and private oil and gas company Blue Sky E&P Holdings Ltd (40%). Cal LNG is pursuing the development of an LNG export and domestic supply facility on the west coast of the United...

FERC Approves Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC’s Pre-Filing Request

Today, FERC approved Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC’s request to begin the pre-filing environmental review process for a proposed LNG liquefaction and temporary storage facility in Jacksonville, Florida on the St. John’s River (Jacksonville Project).  The LNG would be loaded into trucks and containers, or onto ocean-going vessels for use in the marine bunkering trade and for...

Repsol Seeks Partners for LNG Exports from Canaport Terminal

Reuters reports that Spanish oil company Repsol, majority owner of the Canaport LNG import terminal in New Brunswick, Canada, is seeking financial partners for the construction of LNG export facilities at the terminal to export U.S. shale gas supplies to...

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