PHMSA Approves Design Spill Criteria for Sabine Pass LNG Stage 3 Expansion
Posted on Apr 16, 2014 in LNG Exports, Safety & Security | Comments Off on PHMSA Approves Design Spill Criteria for Sabine Pass LNG Stage 3 Expansion
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) has filed a letter with FERC stating that it has no objection to the methodology used by Sabine Pass LNG for determining single accidental leakage sources for candidate design spills for the proposed Stage 3 (liquefaction trains 5 and 6) expansion at the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. PHMSA...
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Selects Texas Agency as the Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority For Its LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Apr 16, 2014 in Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Corpus Christi Liquefaction Selects Texas Agency as the Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority For Its LNG Export Terminal
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (CCL) has filed a letter with FERC stating that it has selected the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as the reviewing authority for CCL’s pending application for a Greenhouse Gas Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit for CCL’s proposed LNG export terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas. The letter states that the U.S. Environmental...
Pivotal LNG Requests FERC Ruling on LNG Terminal Definition and LNG Transportation Jurisdiction
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Pivotal LNG Requests FERC Ruling on LNG Terminal Definition and LNG Transportation Jurisdiction
Pivotal LNG has filed a petition for declaratory order with FERC seeking a ruling that existing LNG production facilities not otherwise subject to FERC’s jurisdiction under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act would not be deemed “LNG terminal[s]” subject to Section 3 jurisdiction by virtue of producing LNG that subsequently may be transported in interstate commerce by waterborne vessel. ...
ConocoPhillips Alaska Receives Renewed DOE Authorization to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Alaska Receives Renewed DOE Authorization to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order authorizing ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas to export over a two-year period 40 Bcf of LNG by vessel from the existing LNG terminal near Kenai, Alaska to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas (non-FTA nations). Read more in...
B.C. Government Signs Revenue-Sharing Agreements with First Nations for LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 10, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. Government Signs Revenue-Sharing Agreements with First Nations for LNG Terminal
The Financial Post reports that the British Columbia (B.C.) government has signed revenue-sharing agreements with two First Nations related to the development of the proposed Aurora LNG and other proposed LNG export terminals on Grassy Point, near Prince Rupert, B.C. The article notes that while there are about a dozen proposed LNG export terminals in B.C., none has reached a final...
U.S. House Subcommittee Approves Bill to Expedite LNG Exports to WTO Nations
Posted on Apr 9, 2014 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. House Subcommittee Approves Bill to Expedite LNG Exports to WTO Nations
Oil & Gas Journal reports that the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Power Subcommittee approved H.R. 6, a bill to expedite approvals of U.S. LNG exports to World Trade Organization nations. According to the report, the vote was 15 to 11 along party lines, with Republicans favoring approval and Democrats opposing it. An amendment to the bill also was approved, which would...