Oregon LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Procedures
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Requests Initiation of FERC Pre-Filing Procedures
LNG Development Company, LLC, d/b/a Oregon LNG, has filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed LNG export terminal to be located at Warrenton, Ore., and the related 39-mile pipeline that will traverse Columbia County, Ore. and end in Cowlitz County, Wash. at a new interconnect with Williams Northwest Pipeline GP. The pre-filing...
Sierra Club Calls for Full Environmental Review of Corpus Christi Export Terminal Proposal
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Calls for Full Environmental Review of Corpus Christi Export Terminal Proposal
Sierra Club filed comments on the scope of FERC’s environmental review of Corpus Christi Liquefaction’s proposed LNG export terminal and associated pipeline, stating that environmental review should include the impacts of additional shale gas production that will be induced by the proposed project and that a full environmental impact statement, rather than an environmental...
Congressmen Tout Job Creation Benefits of Increased U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Jul 3, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Congressmen Tout Job Creation Benefits of Increased U.S. LNG Exports
Following up on their letter sent Friday to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Representatives Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) released a press statement touting the job-creating benefits of exporting U.S. LNG, citing a U.S. International Trade Association report, which found that “America could see tens of thousands of new jobs created” by...
Lawmakers Urge Expedited DOE Action on LNG Export Applications
Posted on Jul 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Lawmakers Urge Expedited DOE Action on LNG Export Applications
On Friday, a bipartisan group of twenty-one members of Congress from states with large shale gas supplies submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu urging DOE to expedite the processing of LNG export applications so American workers and companies can receive the benefits of increased LNG exports. Read more in the Reuters...
Pre-Filing Procedures Approved for Cove Point’s Proposed Export Terminal Facilities
Posted on Jul 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Pre-Filing Procedures Approved for Cove Point’s Proposed Export Terminal Facilities
Last week FERC approved Dominion Cove Point LNG’s request to use FERC’s pre-filing procedures for Dominion’s proposed liquefaction facilities to be constructed at the Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. FERC’s approval letter can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
Apache’s Proposed Kitimat Startup Pushed Back a Year
Posted on Jun 22, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Apache’s Proposed Kitimat Startup Pushed Back a Year
The projected date for the first cargo to leave Apache Corporation’s proposed LNG terminal at Kitimat, B.C., is now 2017, a year later than previously planned, according to an Apache official. The delay is attributed to a lack of firm contracts with Asian LNG buyers. Read more in the Financial Post...