Freeport LNG Responds to APGA and GCLC Protests Regarding DOE Export Application
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Responds to APGA and GCLC Protests Regarding DOE Export Application
Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction (together, FLEX) filed answers to the American Public Gas Association’s (APGA) and the Gulf Coast Labor Coalition’s (GCLC) motions to intervene and protests regarding the FLEX application to export LNG filed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Responding to APGA, FLEX argues that APGA’s claims of increased domestic...
Gulf LNG, Oregon LNG and SB Power Solutions File for DOE LNG Export Authority
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Gulf LNG, Oregon LNG and SB Power Solutions File for DOE LNG Export Authority
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC) has filed an application (Docket No. 12-47-LNG) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting authorization to export, on behalf of itself or as agent for others, domestically produced LNG from the Gulf LNG terminal in Pascagoula, Miss., to nations having Free Trade Agreements with the U.S. (FTA nations). GLLC seeks to export 11.5...
LNG Canada Project Announced
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on LNG Canada Project Announced
Shell Canada Limited and its partners Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), Mitsubishi Corporation, and PetroChina Company Limited announced on Tuesday that they are jointly developing a proposed LNG export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia. Shell has a 40-percent working interest in the LNG Canada project, with KOGAS, Mitsubishi and PetroChina each holding 20-percent. The proposed LNG...
Excelerate Energy Announces Lavaca Bay LNG Project
Posted on May 15, 2012 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Excelerate Energy Announces Lavaca Bay LNG Project
Excelerate Energy L.P. has announced it is developing a floating liquefaction facility in Port Lavaca, TX, between Galveston and Corpus Christi, on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Lavaca Bay LNG project will be the first floating liquefaction facility in the U.S. and will be designed to export LNG by 2017. Excelerate expects expedited FERC approval for the project since the Port Lavaca...
Korea Looking to Secure U.S. Shale Gas for Potential LNG Supplies
Posted on May 14, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Korea Looking to Secure U.S. Shale Gas for Potential LNG Supplies
To help supply its domestic energy needs, Korea National Oil Corporation is considering investing in U.S. shale gas companies as a possible source of LNG for its home market. Read more in...
White House Official Says Analysis Will Drive LNG Export Policy
Posted on May 14, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on White House Official Says Analysis Will Drive LNG Export Policy
Reuters reports today that Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, told an industry group that the Obama Administration was “certainly not opposed to LNG exports,” and that LNG export policy will be driven in accordance with the results of the U.S. Department of Energy’s forthcoming analysis of the environmental and economic...