Agency: Potential U.S. LNG Exports No Threat to Australian LNG Projects
Posted on May 22, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Agency: Potential U.S. LNG Exports No Threat to Australian LNG Projects
“Potential U.S. gas exports do not represent a big threat to Australian LNG projects currently under construction,” according to Dougal Crawford, an economist with Australia’s Export Finance and Insurance Corporation. The government agency predicts that the U.S. will not become a major LNG exporter and that U.S. LNG supplies will not displace Australia’s position in...
Dominion Files Lawsuit Regarding Cove Point LNG Export Facilities
Posted on May 18, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Files Lawsuit Regarding Cove Point LNG Export Facilities
Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P. today filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Calvert County, Md., to confirm its right under a 2005 agreement with the Sierra Club to construct liquefaction facilities at its Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. Dominion filed the complaint for declaratory judgment in response to the Sierra Club’s allegation that it has the authority under the 2005...
B.C. Commits to Three Operational LNG Export Terminals by 2020
Posted on May 17, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. Commits to Three Operational LNG Export Terminals by 2020
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that British Columbia Premier Christy Clark stated that her government is committed to having three LNG export terminals in operation by 2020, with Japan as the intended buyer of the...
Freeport LNG Responds to Sierra Club’s Protest Regarding Export Application
Posted on May 17, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Responds to Sierra Club’s Protest Regarding Export Application
Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (together, FLEX) filed an answer to Sierra Club’s motion to intervene and protest regarding the FLEX application to export LNG filed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). FLEX states that (1) Sierra Club’s protest raises general LNG export policy issues and fails to state a claim of interest specific to...
Southern LNG Files for DOE Authorization to Export LNG From Elba Island Terminal
Posted on May 17, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Southern LNG Files for DOE Authorization to Export LNG From Elba Island Terminal
Southern LNG has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authority to export from the Elba Island terminal near Savannah, Ga. up to 4 million tons per year (approximately 0.5 Bcf/day) of domestically produced LNG over a 25-year period to countries having a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The application can be found on DOE’s website under...
Cameron LNG Files Response to Sierra Club and APGA at DOE
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cameron LNG Files Response to Sierra Club and APGA at DOE
Cameron LNG filed an answer opposing motions to intervene and protests filed by Sierra Club and the American Public Gas Association (APGA) regarding Cameron LNG’s application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically produced LNG to countries not having Free Trade Agreements with the U.S. Cameron LNG’s answer argues, among other things, that (1) Sierra Club...