Pennsylvania Resident Urges County Commissioners to Adopt Anti-LNG Exports Resolution
Posted on Mar 16, 2012 in Environmental, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Resident Urges County Commissioners to Adopt Anti-LNG Exports Resolution
Citing environmental and economic concerns, local resident Walton Brennan encouraged the commissioners of Bradford County, Pa., to adopt a resolution to oppose additional U.S. Department of Energy authorizations to export domestic LNG. In an interview, a spokesperson for the Marcellus Shale Coalition disagreed, questioning Brennan’s assertions that hydraulic fracturing is unsafe...
County Re-Approves Land-Use Permit for Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Pipeline
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Environmental, LNG Exports, LNGLawBlog, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Re-Approves Land-Use Permit for Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Pipeline
County commissioners in Coos County, Ore., voted this week to re-approve a land-use permit for the Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline associated with the planned Jordan Cove LNG export project. The World (Coos Bay) reports that this week’s decision took into account the expected minimal impacts of the construction of the pipeline on local Olympia...
Editorial: Increased U.S. LNG Exports May Help Economy
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Editorial: Increased U.S. LNG Exports May Help Economy
An editorial in The Washington Post today touts the potential benefits to the U.S. economy of increasing exports of domestic LNG, stating that a reduction in the U.S. trade deficit, increased jobs, and additional tax revenue outweigh the predicted rise in domestic gas...
FERC Completes Onsite Environmental Review of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Completes Onsite Environmental Review of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project
FERC has released a report detailing its February 28, 2012 Onsite Environmental Review of the Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction and export project, including photographs of the project site and a map of the proposed pipeline route. Find the report in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
General Electric CEO Expresses Support for Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on General Electric CEO Expresses Support for Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project
In a March 13, 2012 letter to FERC Chairman Wellinghoff, General Electric Oil & Gas’s CEO Dan Heintzelman expressed his support for Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project, stating that GE is an anticipated supplier of U.S.-manufactured equipment for the project. The letter is available in FERC’s eLibrary in Docket No....
U.S. FTA with South Korea Goes Into Effect Today
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. FTA with South Korea Goes Into Effect Today
In a statement released this morning, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and South Korea goes into effect today. Going forward, South Korea, a major buyer in the global LNG market, will be a country with which the United States has an FTA in force for the purposes of Department of Energy LNG export...