FERC Approves Additional Structural Steel Installation and Pipeline Interconnects for Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Aug 14, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Additional Structural Steel Installation and Pipeline Interconnects for Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal
FERC issued an order yesterday granting Sabine Pass LNG’s request to (1) commence installation of structural steel for the Stage 1 (Trains 1 and 2) Heavies Removal Unit facilities and (2) construct the Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America meter interconnects. FERC’s order can be accessed here, and the complete docket for the Sabine Pass...
BP to Market Freeport LNG Supplies to India
Posted on Aug 14, 2013 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on BP to Market Freeport LNG Supplies to India
The Economic Times reports that BP will market some of its LNG supplies from the proposed Freeport LNG export terminal at Quintana Island, Texas, to India through Indian Gas Solutions, a joint venture of BP and Reliance Industries,...
Sierra Club Files Protest on Oregon LNG Export Terminal Application
Posted on Aug 13, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Protest on Oregon LNG Export Terminal Application
Sierra Club has filed a protest with FERC in opposition to LNG Development Company, LLC’s (d/b/a Oregon LNG) application to construct an LNG export and import terminal in Warrenton, Ore. Sierra Club argues, as it has in other LNG export terminal cases, that LNG exports will (1) induce gas production from hydraulic fracturing leading to environmental harm and (2) raise domestic...
BC LNG Tax Issue Must be Resolved Before Shell Will Commit to LNG Project
Posted on Aug 13, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on BC LNG Tax Issue Must be Resolved Before Shell Will Commit to LNG Project
UPI reports that Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), participant in the LNG Canada Development (LNG Canada) joint venture, is waiting for the British Columbia government to resolve its proposed LNG tax issue before Shell makes a final investment decision on whether to proceed with the proposed LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat,...
Freeport-McMoRan Energy Asks DOE for Separate Review of Non-FTA LNG Exports from Deepwater Terminals
Posted on Aug 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport-McMoRan Energy Asks DOE for Separate Review of Non-FTA LNG Exports from Deepwater Terminals
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC (FME) recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting that DOE consider FME’s application to export LNG from its proposed Main Pass Deepwater port to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States separately from applications to export LNG to non-FTA nations from onshore facilities. Because...
Group of Democratic Lawmakers Urge Review of LNG Exports Impact on Climate Change
Posted on Aug 8, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Group of Democratic Lawmakers Urge Review of LNG Exports Impact on Climate Change
The Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, comprised of U.S. Senators and Representatives from the Democratic Party, has released a white paper encouraging the U.S. Secretary of Energy to consider 20 recommendations as he implements the President’s Climate Action Plan, including a recommendation that the Department of Energy “conduct a thorough analysis of the climate change...