More Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on More Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Comments in support of U.S. LNG exports were filed at the U.S. Department of Energy by NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage, the Virginia Oil and Gas Association, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Indian oil company ONGC Videsh Limited also submitted supportive comments, suggesting that there should be no distinction for...
Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Oil & Gas Journal reports that a group of mayors from Houston, Tulsa, and various Midwestern cities and John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, separately told reporters that their groups have sent letters to the U.S. Department of Energy in support of LNG exports stating that such exports will benefit the U.S. economy. An audio recording of Tulsa Mayor...
Sierra Club Protests Cameron LNG FERC Export Application
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Protests Cameron LNG FERC Export Application
Sierra Club and Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) filed a motion to intervene and protest at FERC in response to Cameron LNG, LLC’s (Cameron) application to construct facilities to export LNG near its existing LNG import terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and related pipeline facilities. As in other LNG export cases, Sierra Club, now with GRN, alleges that Cameron’s proposal...
West Virginia Governor Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on West Virginia Governor Supports LNG Exports
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu urging DOE to approve the pending LNG export applications, citing the thousands of jobs and billions of investment dollars that the construction and operation of the proposed LNG terminals will bring to the U.S....
Industry Executives/Experts Voice Support of LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 16, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Industry Executives/Experts Voice Support of LNG Exports
Several energy industry executives and experts wrote in National Journal’s Energy Experts Blog in support of LNG exports in response to the question of what American policy should be on energy exports. For example, Jack Gerard, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, writes that “blocking the free trade of natural gas by the enactment of protectionist...
NAM Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 16, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on NAM Supports LNG Exports
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released a statement in support of LNG exports, stating that proposals that seek to limit LNG exports “would have far-reaching negative effects on the United States” and that such restrictions “limit economic opportunities and stifle job growth rather than provide a source of increased economic...