Cambridge Energy Withdraws DOE LNG Export Application
Posted on Oct 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Withdraws DOE LNG Export Application
Cambridge Energy, LLC has withdrawn its application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authority to export LNG from its proposed deepwater LNG export terminal. Cambridge stated that it was withdrawing its application because the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 does not address the export of LNG from a deepwater port and no appropriate agency could be identified to provide regulatory...
Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell is conducting an economic trade mission with energy officials in Japan and South Korea to promote Alaskan LNG supplies. Read more in the Governor’s press release. A related article in the Alaska Dispatch discusses Japanese consortium Resources Energy Inc.’s efforts to secure Alaskan...
Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Files for DOE LNG Export Authority
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Files for DOE LNG Export Authority
CE FLNG, LLC, a subsidiary of Cambridge Energy Holdings, LLC, filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for long-term, multi-contract authorizations to export up to 8 million metric tons per year (approximately 389.6 Bcf) of domestically produced LNG over a thirty-year period from a floating terminal it intends to construct, own, and operate in nearshore Plaquemines...
Democrats Ask DOE to Conduct EIS on Fracking Before Approving More LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 26, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Democrats Ask DOE to Conduct EIS on Fracking Before Approving More LNG Export Applications
The Hill reports that a group of twenty Democratic U.S. Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu today requesting that DOE conduct an environmental impact statement to consider the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing before DOE approves additional LNG export...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Export Project
Posted on Sep 25, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Export Project
FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for LNG Development Company, LLC’s proposed Oregon LNG Export Project in Cowlitz County, Wash., and related Oregon Pipeline Company pipeline. Comments on the scope of the EIS are due November 8, 2012. The notice can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Cove Point Export Project
Posted on Sep 24, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Cove Point Export Project
Today, FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) which will evaluate the environmental impacts of the proposed Cove Point Liquefaction Project at the existing Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. Comments on the scope of the EA are due October 24, 2012. FERC’s notice can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....