DOE Hears from Both Sides on LNG Export Debate
Posted on Feb 27, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on DOE Hears from Both Sides on LNG Export Debate
Comments in support of and in opposition to increased U.S. LNG exports were filed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week. For example, Alcoa filed in opposition to unlimited LNG exports and proposed that DOE should take a cautious approach to granting LNG export applications, while ExxonMobil filed in support of DOE acting expeditiously to grant LNG export applications...
Senator Murkowski Discusses Alaska LNG Supplies with Japanese Prime Minister
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senator Murkowski Discusses Alaska LNG Supplies with Japanese Prime Minister
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) met with Japanese Prime Minister Abe and other Japanese officials last week touting the benefits of Alaskan LNG supplies to Japan. According to the press release, Murkowski stated that “Alaska is uniquely situated to supply Japan’s energy needs” since “[b]etween Alaska and Japan there are no chokepoints, no pirates, no third...
Senators Respond to Comments Opposing LNG Exports
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senators Respond to Comments Opposing LNG Exports
U.S. Senators James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), David Vitter (R-La.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chu refuting criticisms of the NERA Study on the macroeconomic effects of increased LNG exports and urging the Secretary to approve the pending LNG export...
Shell JV Receives Canadian Federal Approval for BC LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Feb 26, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Shell JV Receives Canadian Federal Approval for BC LNG Export Terminal
The Vancouver Sun reports that Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced federal approval of a 25-year export license to LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture among Shell Canada Ltd., Korea Gas Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina Co. Ltd. The export license is for up to 24 million tons per year from a proposed LNG terminal near Kitimat, British Columbia....
American Enterprise Institute Responds to Dow Chemical Editorial
Posted on Feb 25, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on American Enterprise Institute Responds to Dow Chemical Editorial
The American Enterprise Institute has posted a response criticizing Dow Chemical’s editorial on shale gas exports published today in The Wall Street Journal [subscription...
CLNG Files Reply Comments DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Feb 25, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on CLNG Files Reply Comments DOE LNG Export Study
Today is the submission deadline for reply comments on the U.S. Department of Energy’s study on the macroeconomic effects of increased LNG exports. The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas submitted reply comments in support of increased LNG exports, arguing that opponents have not rebutted the statutory presumption that such exports are in the public interest, and that such...