Park Service Asks FERC to Consider Impacts of Oregon LNG Terminal on Lewis and Clark Trail
Posted on Nov 14, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Park Service Asks FERC to Consider Impacts of Oregon LNG Terminal on Lewis and Clark Trail
The U.S. National Park Service filed comments asking FERC to consider the impacts of Oregon LNG’s proposed export terminal and related pipeline on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, including the impacts on the safety of Trail visitors and on area cultural and environmental resources. The comments can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
Sierra Club Requests that DOE Employ Modeling Program to Assess Impacts of LNG Exports on Shale Gas Production
Posted on Nov 12, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Requests that DOE Employ Modeling Program to Assess Impacts of LNG Exports on Shale Gas Production
Sierra Club has requested that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) employ its National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) to assess the implications of LNG exports on shale gas production. Sierra Club argues that NEMS is specifically designed to project how supply will respond to demand and that use of NEMS will refute DOE’s statements in its order approving Sabine Pass’s LNG...
Groups File Comments Against Oregon LNG DOE Export Application
Posted on Nov 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Groups File Comments Against Oregon LNG DOE Export Application
Sierra Club and Columbia Riverkeeper, Citizens Against LNG, and the American Public Gas Association have filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in protest of the application filed by LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a Oregon LNG) to export LNG. Issues raised in the comments include potential environmental damage resulting from increased hydraulic fracturing and...
Pricing Key to BC LNG Exports
Posted on Nov 9, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Pricing Key to BC LNG Exports
An article in the Financial Post discusses the dilemma facing British Columbia LNG export terminal developers: long term LNG contracts linked to oil prices are essential to support development of LNG export terminals, but Asian LNG buyers want LNG contract prices to be linked to North American natural gas prices instead. On a related topic, research and consulting firm, Wood Mackenzie,...
Excelerate Requests That FERC Initiate Pre-Filing Process
Posted on Nov 6, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Excelerate Requests That FERC Initiate Pre-Filing Process
Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC, and Lavaca Bay Pipeline System, LLC, (collectively, Excelerate) have asked FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for Excelerate’s proposed Lavaca Bay LNG Project (Project). Excelerate proposes to build, own, and operate two purpose-built floating liquefaction, storage, and offloading units (“FLSO”) that...
ExxonMobil Affiliate Files DOE Application to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Nov 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on ExxonMobil Affiliate Files DOE Application to Export LNG to Non-FTA Nations
Golden Pass Products LLC, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation and Qatar Petroleum, filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export 740 Bcf equivalent per year of domestically produced LNG over a twenty-five year period to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Golden Pass proposes to export the LNG from a proposed...