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Alaska Governor Seeks State Participation in LNG Project

In an opinion piece in the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Governor Parnell urged support for state participation in the Alaska LNG Project, which would involve construction of a pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies and an interconnection to a proposed LNG export terminal on the south central coast of Alaska.  Parnell stated that benefits of Alaskan ownership or participation in...

Texas LNG and Gasfin Development File for DOE LNG Export Authorizations

Texas LNG filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export LNG to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.  Texas LNG proposes to export on its own behalf and as agent for others up to 2 million tonnes of LNG per year (approximately 0.27 Bcf/day) over a 25 year period from its proposed South Texas LNG Export Project at the...

ConocoPhillips’ LNG Export Application to Bypass DOE’s Order of Precedence

Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that an official with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) stated that DOE will review ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp.’s (ConocoPhillips) application to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States separately from DOE’s Order of Precedence, which establishes the queue for consideration of other...

Alaska Seeks to Terminate AGIA License Agreement with TransCanada

The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that the State of Alaska is seeking to terminate its agreement with TransCanada under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA), which provides subsidies for TransCanada and partners to construct a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to a proposed LNG export terminal at a port in south-central Alaska.  The article states that termination of...

Public Comment Sought on Environmental Review of the Woodfibre LNG Export Project

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) is seeking public comment on the potential environmental effects of the proposed Woodfibre LNG export project in British Columbia (B.C.) to assist CEAA in determining whether a federal environmental assessment is required for project.  CEAA is also seeking comment on the B.C. Government’s request to substitute B.C.’s environmental...

Elba Island LNG Export Project Sponsors Submit Revised Draft Resource Reports

Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C., Southern LNG Company, L.L.C., and Elba Express Company, L.L.C., sponsors of the Elba Island LNG export project located near Savannah, Ga., and interconnected pipeline, submitted revised draft Resource Reports to FERC incorporating FERC Staff’s comments on prior draft reports.  The revised draft Resource Reports will be used by FERC Staff to prepare an...

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