U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Offers Comments on Sabine Pass Liquefaction Resource Reports
Posted on Dec 14, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Offers Comments on Sabine Pass Liquefaction Resource Reports
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has submitted comments to FERC addressing a number of issues raised in the pre-filing resource reports filed by Cheniere for its Sabine Pass LNG liquefaction project. The comments are available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
Apache Files Application to Export LNG from Kitimat Facility
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Apache Files Application to Export LNG from Kitimat Facility
KM LNG, an affiliate of Apache Corp., has filed an application with Canada’s National Energy Board to export LNG from the Kitimat facility planned for British Columbia. The Calgary Herald provides additional...
FERC Recommends FONSI for Cameron LNG Re-Export Proposal
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Recommends FONSI for Cameron LNG Re-Export Proposal
FERC released an Environmental Assessment Report last week analyzing the likely environmental impacts arising from Cameron LNG’s re-export proposal. In the report, Commission staff recommends that, conditioned on three environmental impact mitigation measures, a Finding of No Significant Impact be entered into the Commission’s order addressing the re-export proposal. The...
DOE Issues Exclusion from Environmental Assessment Requirement for Sabine Pass Export Proposal
Posted on Dec 9, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on DOE Issues Exclusion from Environmental Assessment Requirement for Sabine Pass Export Proposal
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy issued a categorical exclusion from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s proposal to export LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG...
Cheniere Contemplates Exporting U.S. LNG to Caribbean Markets
Posted on Dec 8, 2010 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Cheniere Contemplates Exporting U.S. LNG to Caribbean Markets
Bloomberg reports that Cheniere Energy Inc. may export U.S. LNG to markets in the Caribbean region. Speaking last week in Barcelona, Cheniere CEO Charif Souki said that electricity markets in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic could all benefit by switching from oil-fired to natural gas electricity...
DOE Authorizes LNG Re-Export for Sempra LNG
Posted on Dec 8, 2010 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes LNG Re-Export for Sempra LNG
The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized Sempra LNG Marketing, LLC to re-export up to 250 Bcf of LNG from the Cameron LNG facility over a two-year period beginning on February 1, 2011. The order specifically proscribes the export of any domestically produced LNG under this...