Trunkline LNG Submits Draft Environmental Reports at FERC for the Lake Charles LNG Export Project
Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Trunkline LNG Submits Draft Environmental Reports at FERC for the Lake Charles LNG Export Project
Trunkline LNG Company, LLC filed revised drafts of Resource Report No. 1 (General Project Description) and Resource Report No. 10 (Alternatives) at FERC for the pre-filing environmental review of the Lake Charles Liquefaction Project. The reports can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Rehearing and Stay Request re Sabine Pass LNG Export Authorization
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Rehearing and Stay Request re Sabine Pass LNG Export Authorization
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing and stay of DOE’s Final Opinion and Order, which granted Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC’s application to export LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. DOE reaffirmed its denial of Sierra...
New Mexico’s Governor Files Comments Supporting LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on New Mexico’s Governor Files Comments Supporting LNG Exports
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chu in support of LNG exports and, citing employment, investment and balance of trade benefits, urged DOE to approve the pending LNG export...
Shell and Kinder Morgan Announce Plan to Export LNG from the Elba Island Terminal
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Shell and Kinder Morgan Announce Plan to Export LNG from the Elba Island Terminal
Shell US Gas & Power LLC (Shell) and Southern Liquefaction Company, LLC announced plans to form a limited liability company to develop a natural gas liquefaction plant in two phases at Southern LNG Company, LLC’s existing Elba Island LNG Terminal, near Savannah, Ga. According to the press release, the project will use Shell’s “innovative small-scale liquefaction...
Japanese Companies File Comments at DOE in Support of U.S. LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Jan 25, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Japanese Companies File Comments at DOE in Support of U.S. LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan and Japanese utilities Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric filed comments at the U.S. Department of Energy in support of U.S. LNG exports to countries without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. These and other comments on DOE’s report on the macroeconomic effects of U.S. LNG exports are available on DOE’s...
API Files Comments at DOE Supporting LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on API Files Comments at DOE Supporting LNG Exports
The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments today at the U.S. Department of Energy in support of the expeditious approval of pending LNG export applications, stating that “the evidence overwhelmingly shows that LNG exports will create jobs, increase GDP, contribute to an improvement in the trade deficit and increase the overall welfare of Americans – in other words, the...