Japanese Officials Discuss LNG Supplies with Alaska State Official
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Japanese Officials Discuss LNG Supplies with Alaska State Official
The Alaska Dispatch reports that Japanese officials met with Commissioner Dan Sullivan of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources recently. According to a spokesperson for the Department, the meeting participants discussed Japan’s LNG needs and the possibility of exporting some of Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to customers in...
U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told House Representative Edward Markey in a February 24, 2012 letter that DOE will not issue final orders on pending applications to export LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries until the second half of a two-part study examining LNG exports issues has been completed and DOE has analyzed the...
Cambridge Energy Seeks U.S. Long-Term LNG Export Authority to FTA Countries
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Seeks U.S. Long-Term LNG Export Authority to FTA Countries
Cambridge Energy, LLC has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy seeking authority to export approximately 0.038 Bcf of LNG per year over a 25-year period from terminals in the Atlantic Southeast and along the Gulf Coast to any country in South America, Central America, Asia-Pacific or the Caribbean with which the United States has a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....
Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
The Japanese trade ministry has asked U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to permit Japan to import LNG from U.S. mainland terminals to help the country replace energy supplies previously provided by Japan’s nuclear power plants, which have been shut down since the nuclear disaster last year. According to Bloomberg, a Japanese trade ministry official said that Japan is...
Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
The Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition (GCELC) has filed a response with FERC to Sabine Pass LNG’s supplemental environmental information submitted to the Commission last month. GCELC’s response is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
Blackstone Energy Partners Negotiating for Equity Stake in Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project
Posted on Feb 27, 2012 in Financing, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Blackstone Energy Partners Negotiating for Equity Stake in Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced this morning that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Blackstone Energy Partners L.P. and other affiliated companies where Blackstone would purchase $2 billion in newly issued securities to finance the Sabine Pass LNG liquefaction project. The press release also notes that Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. will purchase the Creole Trail...