Sierra Club Files Protest at DOE Regarding Sabine Pass LNG Export Proposal; Submits Letter to CEQ
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Protest at DOE Regarding Sabine Pass LNG Export Proposal; Submits Letter to CEQ
Sierra Club filed a motion to intervene out of time and protest at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the agency’s conditional grant of LNG export authority to Cheniere on the Sabine Pass LNG application. Sierra Club alleges that FERC’s review of Sabine Pass LNG’s export application did not consider the environmental affects of hydraulic fracturing and...
Cheniere CEO Expects Significant Increase in U.S. Natural Gas Exports
Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere CEO Expects Significant Increase in U.S. Natural Gas Exports
Speaking to the New York Times, Cheniere Chairman and CEO Charif Souki said that although the United States is not likely to export significant quantities of gas in the next five years, the country may export 4 Bcf/d by 2022 and 15 Bcf/d by...
Cheniere to Submit Resource Reports Soon for Corpus Christi LNG Export Project
Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cheniere to Submit Resource Reports Soon for Corpus Christi LNG Export Project
Cheniere representatives informed FERC that the company will begin submitting draft environmental resource reports for the Corpus Christi LNG export project within two weeks. Minutes from a conference call between project developers and FERC staff are available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Action Will Not Delay Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Development, Company Says
Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Action Will Not Delay Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Development, Company Says
Bob Braddock, project manager for Jordan Cove Energy Project, said FERC’s decision earlier this week to vacate the authorization for the Jordan Cove LNG import project will not delay the development of an LNG export facility at the same site. However, opponents of the LNG project told the Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.) that they view FERC’s decision as a significant victory...
Interveners File Opposition to Freeport LNG Export Project
Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Interveners File Opposition to Freeport LNG Export Project
Several parties recently filed Motions to Intervene and Protest in the Freeport LNG export proceeding pending before the U.S. Department of Energy. The filings of the Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition and the American Public Gas Association are available under DOE Docket No. 11-161-LNG. Separately, a similar filing by the Sierra Club is available courtesy of...
Oregon LNG Developers Propose Liquefaction and Export Facility
Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Developers Propose Liquefaction and Export Facility
The developers backing the Oregon LNG proposal have informed FERC that they plan to submit an application to construct an LNG liquefaction and export facility, shifting the project away from its original import purpose. Oregon LNG Project Manager Peter Hansen told The Oregonian that the facility will export Canadian natural...