Oregon LNG Refutes Clatsop County Preemption Claims
Posted on Aug 27, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Refutes Clatsop County Preemption Claims
Oregon LNG filed an answer to Clatsop County, Oregon’s and others’ motions to intervene in its FERC LNG terminal application docket. In its answer, Oregon LNG argues that the Clatsop County land use permitting requirements are preempted by the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and that existing legal precedent clearly establishes that Clatsop County may not use its land use regulations...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Report
Posted on Aug 27, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Report
Sabine Pass LNG has submitted its monthly construction progress report for July 2013 for its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La., to FERC. The report states that Stage 1 engineering is 72% complete, procurement is 65% complete, and subcontract and direct hire construction work are 25.5% and 3.3% complete, respectively. The overall project completion is 40.2%. The report states...
BC Climate Provides Significant Cost Savings for Proposed LNG Export Terminals
Posted on Aug 27, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on BC Climate Provides Significant Cost Savings for Proposed LNG Export Terminals
A column in The Vancouver Sun, in response to a recent report on the economic disadvantages faced by proposed British Columbia LNG export terminals, cites sources claiming that the cooler climate in BC would provide enough cost savings from the manufacture of LNG to offset the costs of constructing needed pipeline infrastructure to BC LNG export terminals. As result, BC LNG supplies...
FERC Releases Cameron LNG Export Terminal Project Update
Posted on Aug 23, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Cameron LNG Export Terminal Project Update
FERC has released an update on its processing of Cameron LNG’s application to construct LNG export facilities at its existing LNG import terminal in Hackberry, La. The update states that FERC is currently conducting an environmental analysis of the proposed project and is awaiting input from Cameron LNG regarding questions from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The results...
Brookings Releases Policy Recommendations on U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Aug 20, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Brookings Releases Policy Recommendations on U.S. LNG Exports
A report released by the Brookings Institution Natural Gas Task Force provides policy recommendations to provide clarity and certainty on U.S. LNG exports to countries without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. To be approved for LNG exports to non-FTA countries, the report recommends: (1) a prospective exporter should successfully complete FERC’s pre-filing...
Cambridge Energy Affiliate Requests Extension for LNG Terminal Application
Posted on Aug 19, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Affiliate Requests Extension for LNG Terminal Application
Cambridge Energy affiliate CE FLNG, LLC (CE) filed a request with FERC to extend the date by which CE proposes to submit an LNG export terminal application under FERC’s pre-filing environmental review process. CE proposes to submit an application on April 16, 2014, rather than October 10, 2013 as originally planned, and anticipates an in-service date of January 31, 2018 for the...