Petronas Encouraged by Talks with B.C. Premier
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Petronas Encouraged by Talks with B.C. Premier
Petronas issued a press release Tuesday stating that it was “encouraged” by recent talks with British Columbia’s (B.C.) Premier Christy Clark and Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman regarding Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) export project on Lelu Island, B.C. The press release states that the meetings produced agreement on “clear milestones, action...
Alaska Congressional Delegation Requests Expeditious DOE Approval of Alaska LNG Project’s Export Application
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska Congressional Delegation Requests Expeditious DOE Approval of Alaska LNG Project’s Export Application
Alaska U. S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich and U.S. Representative Don Young sent a letter last week to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy urging expeditious approval of Alaska LNG Project’s application to export LNG to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States and to non-FTA...
Freeport LNG Anticipates Public Offering
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Financing, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Anticipates Public Offering
Bloomberg reports that Michael Smith, CEO of Freeport LNG Development LP, recently said that he anticipates an initial public offering of the company “at some phase during the construction of the [Freeport LNG export terminal].” The article notes that Freeport LNG would be the second company with an LNG export terminal to go public, joining Cheniere...
FERC Releases Final EIS for Corpus Christi LNG Terminal
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final EIS for Corpus Christi LNG Terminal
Today, FERC released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Corpus Christi LNG import and export terminal project and interconnected pipeline near Corpus Christi, Texas. The EIS finds that construction and operation of the project, with recommended mitigation measures, would avoid or minimize temporary and short-term environmental impacts, and long-term and permanent...
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Files for FERC Pre-Filing Review
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Files for FERC Pre-Filing Review
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC (VG Calcasieu Pass), an affiliate of Venture Global LNG, LLC, filed a request with FERC to initiate pre-filing environmental review of VG Calcasieu Pass’s proposed Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal project (Project) in Cameron Parish, La., on the east side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, near the Gulf of Mexico. The Project will consist of, among...
B.C.’s LNG Industry a Chance, Not a Windfall
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C.’s LNG Industry a Chance, Not a Windfall
The Vancouver Sun reports that in a speech read this week by Lieutenant Governor Judy Guichon before the British Columbia (B.C.) legislature’s special session, B.C.’s nascent LNG industry was characterized as “a chance — not a windfall,” and no mention was made of Premier Christy Clark’s past “election promises for a $1-trillion economic windfall from LNG that would fill a $100-billion...