Sierra Club Continues Opposition to U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Oct 10, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Continues Opposition to U.S. LNG Exports
Sierra Club filed a protest at FERC regarding Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC’s application to construct natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities near Corpus Christi, Texas. Sierra Club argues, among other things, that FERC s environmental review of the project should include review of the effects caused by an increase in hydraulic fracturing if the projects...
Sabine Pass Files to Modify LNG Export Terminal Facilities
Posted on Oct 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass Files to Modify LNG Export Terminal Facilities
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, filed an application at FERC for certain modifications (“Modification Project”) to enhance the operation and reliability and facilitate the construction of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project currently under construction at the existing Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, La. The modifications include: (1) construction and operation...
Golden Pass Products Receives DOE LNG Export Authority
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Golden Pass Products Receives DOE LNG Export Authority
Golden Pass Products, LLC announced that it has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy to export domestically produced LNG from the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine Pass, Texas, to nations that have existing Free Trade Agreements with the United States. Golden Pass has proposed an expansion to its existing LNG facility to add liquefaction and export capabilities....
Murkowski Calls for Financial Ground Rules for Alaskan LNG Project
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Murkowski Calls for Financial Ground Rules for Alaskan LNG Project
Responding to the Alaskan North Slope Pipeline/LNG Terminal project update provided recently to Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said, “Given the size and scope of this project, it’s vital that state leaders hammer out an agreement on the financial ground rules that will govern gas sales in the future.” Read more in Senator Murkowski’s press...
North Slope Pipeline and LNG Export Terminal Project Could Cost Over $65 Billion
Posted on Oct 4, 2012 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on North Slope Pipeline and LNG Export Terminal Project Could Cost Over $65 Billion
In a letter to Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, ExxonMobil Production Company, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., BP Exploration Alaska and TransCanada Corp. projected that it could cost over $65 billion and take ten years to construct a pipeline and LNG terminal facilities to carry natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a proposed LNG export terminal on Alaska’s southcentral...
Kitimat LNG Official: Oil-linked Pricing is Critical to Canadian LNG Exports
Posted on Oct 3, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Kitimat LNG Official: Oil-linked Pricing is Critical to Canadian LNG Exports
David Calvert, an Apache Corporation vice president and manager of the Kitimat LNG joint venture, told an industry roundtable yesterday that his company remains “convinced that oil-linked pricing is critical to the viability of our Canadian LNG industry.” Calvert’s comments were in response to Cheniere Energy Inc.’s recent agreement to sell LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG...