Senate Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Gas Issues
Posted on Feb 12, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senate Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Gas Issues
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing today to explore opportunities and challenges associated with America’s natural gas resources. Testimony was provided by several witnesses and an archived webcast of the hearing will be available...
BP and Freeport LNG Sign 20-Year Tolling Agreement
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on BP and Freeport LNG Sign 20-Year Tolling Agreement
Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. (Freeport LNG) announced today that it entered into a binding 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement (LTA) with BP Energy Company for 4.4 million tons per year, covering the production capacity of the second train of Freeport LNG’s liquefaction project near Freeport, Texas. The LTA with BP will commence upon completion of construction of the second...
CLNG’s Bill Cooper Provides Testimony on LNG Exports Before Senate Energy Panel Hearing Tomorrow
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on CLNG’s Bill Cooper Provides Testimony on LNG Exports Before Senate Energy Panel Hearing Tomorrow
Bill Cooper, President of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, today submitted written testimony in advance of tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on “Opportunities and Challenges for Natural Gas.” In his testimony, Cooper addresses arguments against LNG exports and notes that the United States has more than enough natural...
Energy Analyst Discusses U.S. LNG Exports on NPR Radio
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Energy Analyst Discusses U.S. LNG Exports on NPR Radio
National Public Radio aired an interview today with Sarah Ladislaw, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she discusses U.S. LNG exports and other U.S. energy-related topics. Read the transcript from the broadcast...
APGA and Sierra Club Continue Opposition to DOE LNG Export Applications
Posted on Feb 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on APGA and Sierra Club Continue Opposition to DOE LNG Export Applications
Earlier this week the American Public Gas Association (APGA), a non-profit association of publicly-owned U.S. natural gas distribution companies, and Sierra Club filed protests at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in opposition to applications filed by CE FLNG, LLC, Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions, LLC, and Golden Pass Products LLC to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade...
Senator Landrieu Supports Golden Pass LNG Export Application
Posted on Feb 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Senator Landrieu Supports Golden Pass LNG Export Application
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) filed a letter with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week in support of Golden Pass Products LLC’s application to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, citing the project’s potential to create thousands of jobs, increased tax revenues, and lasting economic benefits for the nation. The letter...