Canadian Government Announces New Regulations to Allow Kitimat LNG Project to Proceed
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Government Announces New Regulations to Allow Kitimat LNG Project to Proceed
Canada’s Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, John Duncan, announced today the approval of new regulations that will allow the proposed Kitimat LNG export facility on the Haisla Nation’s Bees Indian Reserve No. 6 to proceed. In addition to the new regulations, the Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia and Haisla Nation have also signed a...
Dow Chemical Leaves NAM Over Gas Export Policy
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Dow Chemical Leaves NAM Over Gas Export Policy
MarketWatch reports that Dow Chemical is leaving the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) because of NAM’s position on LNG export policy. According to the article, Dow Chemical, which favors limits on LNG exports, accuses NAM of supporting member companies that are in the natural gas industry, rather than adopting a neutral position on an issue that splits NAM’s...
Golar and LNG Partners Awarded LNG Purchase Contract from Douglas Channel Project
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Golar and LNG Partners Awarded LNG Purchase Contract from Douglas Channel Project
Golar LNG Limited (Golar) announced that it and LNG Partners, LLC, have finalized a contract with BC LNG Export Co-Operative, LLC, for purchase of 700,000 tons of LNG per year, beginning by mid-2015, from the Douglas Channel LNG Project (DC Project) near Kitimat, British Columbia. LNG Partners was also awarded a contract for feed gas supply for the DC Project. Read more in the...
Sabine Pass LNG Submits Monthly Construction Progress Report
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Submits Monthly Construction Progress Report
Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., filed a status report at FERC on the progress of construction of its LNG export terminal in Cameron County, La. The report indicates that engineering was now 39.1% complete; procurement was 30.2% complete; and construction work was 5.0% complete at the end of December. The overall project completion was 18.0% against a target plan of 18.0%. The overall project...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. Chamber of Commerce Supports LNG Exports
The Financial reports that several officials of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently spoke in favor of LNG exports. John Murphy, the Chamber’s vice president for international affairs, is quoted as saying that “the notion that the federal government has the power to limit the freedom to export is at odds with U.S. tradition and...
Magnolia LNG and Louisiana Governor Jindal Announce LNG Terminal Project in Lake Charles
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Magnolia LNG and Louisiana Governor Jindal Announce LNG Terminal Project in Lake Charles
The Louisiana Economic Development agency reports that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Magnolia LNG announced the company’s plans to develop a $2.2 billion mid-scale LNG production and export facility at the Port of Lake Charles, La. The terminal will use Magnolia LNG’s patented Optimized Single Mixed Refrigerant (OSMR) process to produce LNG more efficiently with fewer...