Canada Stewart Energy Group Files for National Energy Board LNG Export License
Posted on Mar 6, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canada Stewart Energy Group Files for National Energy Board LNG Export License
Yesterday, Canada Stewart Energy Group (Stewart) filed an application with the Canadian National Energy Board to export 1475 Bcf/year of LNG over 25 years from a proposed land and floating liquefaction facility near Stewart, British Columbia. The Project will be capable of producing 4.04 Bcf/day of LNG and will be supplied by a proposed 800 km pipeline connecting Stewart’s Western...
White House: LNG Exports to Ukraine Up to DOE
Posted on Mar 6, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on White House: LNG Exports to Ukraine Up to DOE
Reuters reports that in response to a question on whether the United States would expedite exports of LNG to Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney stated today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has authority over LNG exports and that “DOE will continue to make [LNG export] public interest determinations on a case-by-case basis considering economic, energy security,...
Magnolia LNG Signs Tolling Agreement Term Sheet with AES Latin American Development
Posted on Mar 6, 2014 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Magnolia LNG Signs Tolling Agreement Term Sheet with AES Latin American Development
Magnolia LNG (MLNG) has executed a non‐binding Tolling Agreement Term Sheet with AES Latin American Development, Ltd (AES) for LNG production capacity rights of between 800,000 and 1 million tonnes per year from MLNG’s proposed LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La. According to the press release, AES is a Fortune 200 global power company with extensive investment in power...
Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Draft EIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Mar 5, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Draft EIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal
Sierra Club, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, Gulf Restoration Network, and RESTORE filed comments with FERC criticizing FERC’s draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Cameron LNG export terminal near Hackberry, La. The comments allege that the draft EIS does not conform to National Environmental Policy Act requirements because, among other things, it is based on...
Pacific Northwest LNG Submits EIS to B.C. and Canadian Regulators
Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Pacific Northwest LNG Submits EIS to B.C. and Canadian Regulators
On Friday, Pacific Northwest LNG, a consortium comprised of Petronas, Japex and Petroleum Brunei, submitted an environmental impact statement (EIS) to both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office for its proposed LNG export terminal on Lelu Island in Port Edward, near Prince Rupert, B.C. Read more in the press...
Court Upholds Ruling That LNG Exports from Cove Point Terminal Are Permissible
Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Upholds Ruling That LNG Exports from Cove Point Terminal Are Permissible
On Friday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that exports of LNG from the Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) terminal in Lusby, Md., are permitted under a 2005 agreement between Sierra Club, Maryland Conservation Counsel Inc. and DCP. Sierra Club challenged DCP’s assertion that the agreement, which restricts the use of the Cove Point terminal, permits the...