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DOE Approves Advanced Energy Solutions and Argent Marine Management FTA Exports

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved Advanced Energy Solutions L.L.C.’s (AES) application to export 8 Bcf/year of LNG in ISO containers transported on ocean-going vessels to nations in Central America and the Caribbean which have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.  AES will obtain LNG from the proposed Floridian Natural Gas Storage facility in Martin County,...

Cameron LNG Application Next on DOE’s Order of Precedence

According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Order of Precedence, up next for DOE review is Cameron LNG’s application to export 620 Bcf/year to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States from its proposed export terminal in Cameron Parish, La.  Last week, DOE approved Freeport LNG’s application to export additional LNG volumes to non-FTA...

Alaska LNG Project Study Released

Yesterday, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources released the Alaska North Slope Royalty Study to assist the state in characterizing and developing fiscal and policy measures to advance the Alaska LNG Project, and “to provide information to help the State protect its royalty interest in the State’s gas, and to ensure that the State maximizes the value of its natural gas.”...

DOE Responds to Carib Energy’s Request for Expeditious Processing of LNG Export Application

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a letter in response to Carib Energy (USA) LLC’s (Carib) request that DOE process Carib’s application next, rather than taking up the application in the Order of Precedence established by DOE for applications to export LNG to countries with which the U.S. has no free trade agreement. The letter to Carib states that DOE intends to give Carib...

DOE Authorizes Additional Non-FTA LNG Exports From Freeport Terminal

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy conditionally authorized Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., to export an additional 0.4 Bcf/day of LNG, for a total authorized rate of up to 1.8 Bcf/day, from its proposed LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, Texas to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. DOE prohibited Freeport from combining its authorized FTA and...

Oregon LNG Pipeline to Appeal Clatsop County Denial of Land Use Permit

Oregon Pipeline Company filed a notice of its intent to appeal the Board of Clatsop County Commissioners’ denial of a land use permit for a 41-mile segment of pipeline to interconnect to the proposed Oregon LNG terminal in Warrenton, Ore.  The notice of intent can be found here, and the complete docket for the Oregon LNG terminal application can be found on eLibrary by searching for...

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