Industrial Consumers Request More Defined Standards for Review of DOE LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Industrial Consumers Request More Defined Standards for Review of DOE LNG Export Applications
The Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA), representing leading manufacturing companies, filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting that DOE establish more appropriate and reliable standards for reviewing LNG export applications. IECA’s comments echo those recently filed by America’s Energy Advantage, calling the analyses employed by DOE in recent LNG...
DOE Updates Order of Precedence for Non-FTA LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Updates Order of Precedence for Non-FTA LNG Export Applications
The U.S. Department of Energy has released an updated Order of Precedence for its processing of applications to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. According to the list, the next application for DOE review is Freeport LNG Expansion’s application to export additional LNG volumes from its proposed export terminal on Quintana Island, Texas,...
Sabine Pass Liquefaction Files for DOE Approval to Export Additional LNG Volumes
Posted on Sep 23, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Liquefaction Files for DOE Approval to Export Additional LNG Volumes
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (SPL) filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to export up to the LNG equivalent of 314 Bcf per year from its Liquefaction Expansion Project in Cameron Parish, La. to nations with or without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. SPL states that the 314 Bcf represents the volume of LNG that can be produced from proposed liquefaction...
America’s Energy Advantage Requests Rulemaking to Establish Standards for DOE LNG Export Policy
Posted on Sep 20, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on America’s Energy Advantage Requests Rulemaking to Establish Standards for DOE LNG Export Policy
America’s Energy Advantage (AEA), a trade association representing manufacturers, commodity producers, and publicly owned natural gas local distribution companies, filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy requesting that DOE initiate a rulemaking or similar process to establish standards for reviewing applications to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Golden Pass LNG Export Project
Posted on Sep 20, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Golden Pass LNG Export Project
FERC issued a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Jefferson County, Texas and interconnected pipeline. FERC will use the EA in determining whether to authorize construction and operation of the terminal and pipeline. Comments on the scope of the EA must be filed by October 19, 2013. FERC’s notice can...
LNG Pricing Discussed at Tokyo LNG Conference
Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on LNG Pricing Discussed at Tokyo LNG Conference
The Alaska Dispatch published an article reporting on a recent conference on LNG pricing held in Tokyo. Representatives from LNG consumers complained of high LNG prices and continued their push for a change from oil-linked LNG prices to ostensibly lower Henry Hub gas-linked LNG prices. One LNG producer, however, countered that Henry Hub-linked LNG prices are not necessarily lower and...