Rio Grande LNG Files Response to Opposing Parties
Posted on Jun 23, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Rio Grande LNG Files Response to Opposing Parties
Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (together, RGLNG) have filed an answer with FERC opposing various entities’ motions to intervene, protests and comments regarding RGLNG’s application to construct and operate a liquefaction and LNG export terminal along Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas, and an interconnected pipeline. RGLNG requests that FERC (1)...
State of Alaska May Increase Stake in Alaska LNG Project
Posted on Jun 22, 2016 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on State of Alaska May Increase Stake in Alaska LNG Project
KTOO reports that Alaska Governor Bill Walker’s administration is considering increasing Alaska’s stake in the Alaska LNG Project or taking over ownership completely. Currently, the state owns 25% of the project through the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, and ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, are the other sponsors of the...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Jun 22, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG filed a report with FERC covering construction progress at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. through May 2016. The report states that liquefaction Train 1 substantial completion was achieved on May 27, 2016, and substantial completion for Train 2 is anticipated by late September 2016. Trains 3 and 4 targeted substantial completion dates are April 2017 and...
FERC Approves Freeport LNG Feeder Pipeline Project
Posted on Jun 21, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Approves Freeport LNG Feeder Pipeline Project
FERC has issued an order authorizing Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) to construct and operate the Coastal Bend Header Project pipeline facilities which will provide 1.42 Bcf/day of firm gas transportation service to Freeport LNG Development, LP’s liquefaction and LNG export terminal under construction on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas. BP Energy Company, Chubu...
Alaska LNG Project Files Second Draft Resource Reports
Posted on Jun 21, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Project Files Second Draft Resource Reports
Alaska LNG Project has filed with FERC second drafts of Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) as part of FERC’s pre-filing environmental review process. The Alaska LNG Project, sponsored by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, and ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, was formed for the purpose of...
Sierra Club Files Court Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Authorizations
Posted on Jun 20, 2016 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Court Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Authorizations
Sierra Club has filed a court appeal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) orders authorizing long-term exports of LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States from the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal under construction at Lusby, Md. The appeal was filed June 15, 2016 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In the case before DOE, DOE...