Magnolia LNG Files to Initiate Pre-filing Procedures
Posted on Mar 14, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Magnolia LNG Files to Initiate Pre-filing Procedures
Magnolia LNG, LLC (Magnolia), a subsidiary of Australian company Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, filed a request that FERC initiate pre-filing environmental review of the proposed Magnolia Liquefied Natural Gas Project. Magnolia proposes to build, own, and operate an 8 million tons per year LNG facility in the Port of Lake Charles, La. to receive domestically sourced natural gas for...
DOE Secretary Nominee Viewed as Supportive of LNG Exports
Posted on Mar 13, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on DOE Secretary Nominee Viewed as Supportive of LNG Exports
Bloomberg reports that Ernest Moniz, nominee for U.S. Department of Energy Secretary, was a director of a study concluding that the U.S. should not erect barriers to LNG exports. The report also states, however, that Moniz is supportive of regulatory efforts to address environmental issues related to hydraulic...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Lavaca Bay Project
Posted on Mar 12, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Lavaca Bay Project
FERC will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to review the environmental impacts of Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC’s proposed Lavaca Bay LNG Project and related pipeline in Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Texas. Comments on the scope of FERC’s environmental review are due April 4, 2013. FERC’s notice of the intent to prepare the EIS can be found...
Freeport-McMoRan Energy Files at DOE for LNG Export Authority
Posted on Mar 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport-McMoRan Energy Files at DOE for LNG Export Authority
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC (FME) filed an application at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export 24 million tons of LNG per year (approximately 1.248 trillion Btu) over a thirty-year period. FME seeks authority to export the LNG from its proposed Main Pass Energy Hub™ Deepwater Port in offshore Louisiana to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States....
Sabine Pass Requests Additional Export Authority and Initiates Pre-filing Procedures for Terminal Expansion
Posted on Mar 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Requests Additional Export Authority and Initiates Pre-filing Procedures for Terminal Expansion
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (SPL) and affiliates filed a request that FERC initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a proposed expansion of the existing Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, La. and interconnected pipeline. SPL proposes to construct two liquefaction trains (Trains 5 and 6) for additional liquefaction capacity of 1.3 Bcf/day. SPL’s...
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Energy Blueprint
Posted on Feb 28, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Energy Blueprint
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Strategic Energy Policy Initiative, co-chaired by former Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.), has released a report titled “America’s Energy Resurgence: Sustaining Success, Confronting Challenges.” Addressing LNG exports, the report concludes that “LNG exports are likely to have only modest impacts on domestic...