Oregon LNG Pipeline Appeals Land Use Board Ruling
Posted on Jul 23, 2014 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Pipeline Appeals Land Use Board Ruling
The Daily Astorian reports that Oregon Pipeline Company has appealed to the Oregon Court of Appeals the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals’ decisions (1) remanding the Clatsop County Board’s (Board) denial of the company’s application for a land use permit to construct a pipeline to feed the Oregon LNG project, and (2) dismissing an appeal of the Board’s initial ruling which approved the...
Downeast LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Environmental Review for Proposed LNG Export Project
Posted on Jul 23, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Environmental Review for Proposed LNG Export Project
Downeast LNG (Downeast) has requested that FERC initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for an LNG export terminal. Downeast states that it proposes to convert its pending FERC application for an LNG import terminal and sendout pipeline into a bidirectional import-export LNG terminal and pipeline due to changed market conditions for LNG imports into the United States. ...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Posted on Jul 23, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction activities through June 2014 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. Stage 1 (liquefaction trains 1 and 2) engineering is 99.2% complete, procurement is 96.9% complete, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 44.6% and 31.2% complete, respectively. Stage 1 overall project completion is 68.9%...
Numerous Comments filed on Proposed Changes to DOE LNG Export Review Procedures
Posted on Jul 22, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Numerous Comments filed on Proposed Changes to DOE LNG Export Review Procedures
Comments were filed recently by LNG industry players, public officials and private citizens on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to change the procedures it employs to review LNG export applications. The comments can be found...
Alaska LNG Project Files DOE Export Application
Posted on Jul 22, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Project Files DOE Export Application
On Friday, Alaska LNG Project LLC (Applicants) filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting long-term authorization to export 20 million metric tons per annum of LNG (approximately 929 Bcf/annum) from a proposed liquefaction facility in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska. The Applicants, comprising ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, BP...
Australia’s Woodside Seeks Canadian LNG Export Authority
Posted on Jul 22, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Australia’s Woodside Seeks Canadian LNG Export Authority
The Financial Post reports that Woodside Energy Holdings Pty Ltd., an affiliate of Australia’s Woodside Petroleum, has filed an application with the Canadian National Energy Board to export 20 million tonnes of LNG per year for 25 years from a proposed terminal at Grassy Point, British Columbia, approximately 30 kilometres north of Prince...