Alaskan Officials Pushing North Slope Producers for Movement on Pipeline and LNG Terminal Project
Posted on Mar 29, 2013 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaskan Officials Pushing North Slope Producers for Movement on Pipeline and LNG Terminal Project
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that Alaska state officials are pushing North Slope producers BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, and pipeline company TransCanada to move forward with their pipeline and LNG export terminal project. The report states that Alaska’s governor has requested that the companies agree on commercial terms and use this summer to move into the design...
Sierra Club Requests Stay of FERC Authorization for Sabine Pass Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Mar 27, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Requests Stay of FERC Authorization for Sabine Pass Feeder Pipeline
Sierra Club filed a request for rehearing and for stay of FERC’s order granting authorization to Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. to construct facilities to enable bi-directional flow on its pipeline to deliver natural gas to the Sabine Pass LNG terminal for liquefaction and export. Sierra Club alleges that FERC’s order did not adequately consider the potential...
Article Discusses Economic Issues Facing Canadian LNG Terminal Developers
Posted on Mar 26, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Article Discusses Economic Issues Facing Canadian LNG Terminal Developers
An article in the Calgary Herald discusses recent reports by Ernst & Young and FirstEnergy Capital on the global LNG market, and states that even though Canada’s political stability is attractive to LNG export terminal developers, economics may favor development of such terminals in the United States since converting a U.S. brownfield LNG import terminal to an LNG export...
Centrica Contracts for Sabine Pass LNG Supplies – Cheniere Files Full Contract
Posted on Mar 25, 2013 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Centrica Contracts for Sabine Pass LNG Supplies – Cheniere Files Full Contract
British energy company Centrica plc announced that it has signed a contract with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., to purchase 89 Bcf (approximately 1.75 million metric tons) per year of LNG from the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Cameron Parish, La. The contract is for an initial 20 year period with the purchase price indexed to the Henry Hub natural gas price plus a fixed component....
FERC Issues Second EIS Notice for Trunkline LNG Export Project
Posted on Mar 22, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Issues Second EIS Notice for Trunkline LNG Export Project
FERC issued a second notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to address Trunkline LNG Company LLC’s proposed construction and operation of additional facilities at its Lake Charles Liquefaction Project export terminal and interconnected pipeline. Comments on the scope of the EIS are due April 22, 2013. FERC’s notice can be found on eLibrary...
FERC Provides Status Report on Oregon LNG Export Project Review
Posted on Mar 22, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Provides Status Report on Oregon LNG Export Project Review
FERC issued a status report on its pre-filing review of the Oregon LNG Export Project. FERC Staff has provided comments to Oregon LNG on its Draft Resource Reports. The next step is for Oregon LNG to address those comments, as well as comments from the public, in Resource Reports to be submitted with a formal application for the Project. The status report can be found on eLibrary under...