FERC Releases Update on Review of Alaska LNG Application
Posted on Jul 5, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Review of Alaska LNG Application
FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of the proposed Alaska LNG project. Currently, Alaska LNG is reviewing the comments from FERC and other agencies on its first set of draft resource reports (RRs), as well as comments received during scoping, and incorporating them into a second set of draft RRs. Alaska LNG anticipates filing the second set of draft RRs...
Sabine Pass LNG Cargo Shipped to Spain
Posted on Jul 5, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Cargo Shipped to Spain
Platts reports that a cargo of LNG has left Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and is headed to Spain. This is the second shipment of U.S. LNG to Europe, where the LNG will compete with Algerian pipeline gas supplies in Spain and Portugal. According to the article, by 2020, U.S. LNG exports are expected to be able to supply a quarter of the European...
Uncertainty of Alaska LNG Project Discussed at State Legislature Hearing
Posted on Jun 30, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Uncertainty of Alaska LNG Project Discussed at State Legislature Hearing
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that new Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) President and CEO Keith Meyer presented a plan to Alaska’s joint House-Senate Resources Committee to overhaul the financial structure of the proposed Alaska LNG Project. The plan would allow the state to lead the project with other outside investors, “but still depend on the producers selling their...
Court Denies Sierra Club Appeals of Freeport LNG and Sabine Pass LNG Orders
Posted on Jun 29, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Denies Sierra Club Appeals of Freeport LNG and Sabine Pass LNG Orders
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued two opinions denying (1) Sierra Club’s and Galveston Baykeeper’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to construct and operate LNG export terminal facilities at its LNG import terminal on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas, and (2) Sierra Club’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing...
Environmental Review of Petronas’s Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal Resumes
Posted on Jun 27, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Review of Petronas’s Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal Resumes
Reuters reports that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has resumed its review of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) project near Lelu Island, British Columbia. Malaysian state oil company Petronas is the primary sponsor of the PNWLNG project. The CEAA review process was paused in March to permit CEAA to obtain more information about the proposal from...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Progress Report
Posted on Jun 24, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Progress Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG has filed a report with FERC covering construction progress at its liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. through May 2016. The report states that engineering is 99.8% complete, engineered equipment procurement is 99% complete, and construction is 38% complete. ...