Woodfibre LNG Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate for B.C. Export Terminal
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Woodfibre LNG Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate for B.C. Export Terminal
The British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office has issued an environmental assessment certificate approving Woodfibre LNG’s proposed liquefaction and export terminal near Squamish, B.C. According to The Vancouver Sun article, the facility “still requires federal environmental approval and it could be the first test of the incoming Liberal government’s approach to energy...
Construction of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Continues
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Construction of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal Continues
FERC has issued an order approving Dominion Cove Point LNG’s request to proceed with construction of the heavy hydrocarbons removal unit structural steel at the LNG export terminal under construction at Lusby, Md. Also, the Calvert Recorder reports that “the largest piece of equipment” for the facility, the main cryogenic heat exchanger, which is half the length of a football field,...
B.C. Approves Pacific NorthWest LNG Export Terminal Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on B.C. Approves Pacific NorthWest LNG Export Terminal Feeder Pipeline
The Globe and Mail reports that the British Columbia (B.C.) Oil and Gas Commission has granted approval to TransCanada to construct and operate the C$5 billion, 900 kilometer Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, which would provide access to Montney gas supplies for the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, B.C. The PNWLNG...
AltaGas’s Proposed Floating Liquefaction Facility Facing C$100 Million Customs Duty
Posted on Oct 27, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on AltaGas’s Proposed Floating Liquefaction Facility Facing C$100 Million Customs Duty
AltaGas Ltd., one of the sponsors of the proposed Douglas Channel LNG export terminal at Kitimat, British Columbia, is delaying a final investment decision on the project pending the outcome of an appeal of a C$100 million federal customs duty imposed on a floating liquefaction plant that one of its partners, Belgium’s Exmar NV, is building for the project. According to a Business in...
Alaska Governor Walker Drops Proposed Gas Reserve Tax
Posted on Oct 27, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Walker Drops Proposed Gas Reserve Tax
KTOO reports that Alaska Governor Bill Walker has dropped his proposal to tax unproduced natural gas reserves at a special legislative session called to discuss the Alaska LNG Project, a proposed 800 mile pipeline, liquefaction and LNG export terminal. Walker dropped the tax proposal after receiving assurances from Alaska LNG Project sponsors BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, that...
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Files Application to Supply Cameron LNG Terminal
Posted on Oct 27, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Tennessee Gas Pipeline Files Application to Supply Cameron LNG Terminal
Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Tennessee) has filed an application with FERC to construct pipeline facilities to provide 295,000 Dth/day of incremental firm transportation capacity for Mitsubishi Corporation and MMGS, Inc., southward on Tennessee’s 800 Line to an existing point of interconnection with Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC, for subsequent delivery to Cameron LNG’s liquefaction and...