Freeport LNG Delays Planned Terminal Construction Start Date
Posted on Dec 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Delays Planned Terminal Construction Start Date
The Wall Street Journal [subscription required] reports that Freeport LNG (Freeport) has pushed back to the second quarter 2014 planned construction of its LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, Texas. Freeport had expected to commence construction in the first quarter 2014, but because of delays in obtaining FERC approval of the terminal, Freeport now expects to receive...
Waller Point LNG and Delfin LNG File Non-FTA DOE Export Applications
Posted on Dec 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Waller Point LNG and Delfin LNG File Non-FTA DOE Export Applications
Waller LNG Services, d/b/a Waller Point LNG, filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export over a 25-year period up to 70 Bcf/year (0.19 Bcf/day) of LNG from its proposed Waller LNG terminal under development at the entrance to the Calcasieu Ship Channel, Cameron Parish, southwest La., to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. ...
Petroleum Brunei Takes 3% Share of Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Output
Posted on Dec 9, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Petroleum Brunei Takes 3% Share of Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Output
The Globe and Mail reports that Petroleum Brunei has agreed to take a 3% share of the LNG output from Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal project at Prince Rupert, British Columbia for a 20-year period. After the deal is completed, Petronas’s share of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project will be reduced to 87% and Japan Petroleum Exploration will have a 10%...
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Signs Agreement with Pertamina for LNG Supplies
Posted on Dec 5, 2013 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Corpus Christi Liquefaction Signs Agreement with Pertamina for LNG Supplies
Cheniere Energy subsidiary Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC signed an LNG purchase and sale agreement (SPA) with Indonesian state-owned PT Pertamina (Persero) under which Pertamina will purchase approximately 0.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project near Corpus Christi, Texas. Pertamina will purchase the LNG on an FOB basis for a purchase price...
FERC to Prepare EIS for Cambridge Energy Affiliate Floating LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Dec 5, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare EIS for Cambridge Energy Affiliate Floating LNG Export Terminal
FERC released notice of its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Cambridge Energy Group Limited affiliate CE FLNG, LLC’s proposed floating liquefaction, storage and offloading LNG export terminal project located on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La., and the interconnected pipeline. Comments on the scope of the EIS...
Report: DOE Delays on LNG Exports May Violate WTO Rules
Posted on Dec 4, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Report: DOE Delays on LNG Exports May Violate WTO Rules
A report by James Bacchus, former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), concludes that U.S. Department of Energy actions that unnecessarily delay approval of LNG exports likely violate WTO rules forbidding export restrictions, and such delays are not excused by any exception available for export restrictions for the protection of the environment, human...