U.S. LNG Supplies to be First Through Expanded Panama Canal
Posted on Jul 20, 2016 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on U.S. LNG Supplies to be First Through Expanded Panama Canal
LNG World Shipping reports that the first large LNG carrier to pass through the expanded Panama Canal will be the Shell-chartered Maran Gas Apollonia carrying an LNG cargo loaded at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La. The cargo is expected to pass through the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans on Monday. The destination of the cargo was not...
DOE Approves Additional Non-FTA Exports from Cameron LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 19, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Approves Additional Non-FTA Exports from Cameron LNG Terminal
Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export an additional 1.41Bcf/day of LNG from its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal expansion project in Cameron Parish, La. to countries without a Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) with the United States. The order increases Cameron LNG’s authorized export...
Court Remands BP Energy Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Capacity Allocation
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Court Remands BP Energy Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Capacity Allocation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion remanding to FERC for further explanation how FERC’s orders, which permitted Statoil Natural Gas, but not BP Energy, to turn back certain capacity held on Dominion Cove Point LNG’s system, were not unduly discriminatory as to BP Energy under the Natural Gas Act. ...
Court Backs FERC on Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Backs FERC on Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion rejecting EarthReports’, Sierra Club’s and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s joint appeal of FERC’s orders, which authorized construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. According to Law360, the Petitioners, among other things, “claimed that FERC flouted the National...
Analysts: U.S. LNG Supplies Not Expected in Asian Markets Anytime Soon
Posted on Jul 15, 2016 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts: U.S. LNG Supplies Not Expected in Asian Markets Anytime Soon
Citibank analysts predict that with the current glut of LNG in the global market and resulting low prices, U.S. LNG supplies will not be shipped to Asia anytime soon even with the widened Panama Canal. The widened canal can now accommodate larger ships carrying LNG. “The Panama Canal expansion, inaugurated on June 26, was once expected to be a game changer for U.S. LNG exports to...
Maritime Administration Releases DEIS for Delfin LNG Application
Posted on Jul 15, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Maritime Administration Releases DEIS for Delfin LNG Application
The U.S. Maritime Administration has released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Delfin LNG’s application for a license to construct and operate a deepwater port LNG export terminal and interconnected pipeline. The proposed Delfin LNG export terminal would be located in Federal waters within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) approximately 37.4 to 40.8 nautical miles...