FERC Approves Transco Feeder Pipeline to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Approves Transco Feeder Pipeline to Serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
FERC has issued an order granting a certificate to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line to construct the Gulf Trace Expansion Project, which consists of pipelines facilities to provide 1,200,000 Dth/day of incremental firm transportation service for Cheniere Energy subsidiary Sabine Pass LNG from Transco’s mainline to the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal under construction in Cameron Parish,...
Texas LNG Brownsville Submits Project Description with FERC
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Texas LNG Brownsville Submits Project Description with FERC
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC has submitted to FERC Draft Resource Report 1 (General Project Description) as part of the environmental review of its proposed 4 million tonnes per annum liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the Brownsville Ship Channel, Cameron County, Texas....
Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Oct 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Construction Status Report
Sabine Pass LNG has filed a report with FERC on the status of construction, through September 2015, at its LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, La. The report states that Stage 1 (Liquefaction Trains 1 and 2) overall project completion is 95.2% against the scheduled plan of 97.5%. Fuel gas has been introduced into Train 1. Stage 2 (Liquefaction Trains 3 and 4) overall project...
Tohoku Electric Signs Deal with ENGIE for Cameron LNG Supplies
Posted on Oct 20, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Tohoku Electric Signs Deal with ENGIE for Cameron LNG Supplies
Hellenic Shipping News reports that Japanese company Tohoku Electric has signed an agreement with ENGIE (formerly GDF Suez) to purchase 270,000 million tonnes/year of LNG over 20 years from the Cameron LNG liquefaction and export terminal under construction near Hackberry, La. According to the report, the agreement includes provisions giving Tohoku Electric the flexibility to alter...
Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
Posted on Oct 16, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific Northwest LNG Project “Shovel Ready” Once it Receives Permits
The Globe and Mail reports that the president of Pacific Northwest LNG, majority backed by Malaysian state oil company Petronas, has stated that despite a native group’s legal challenge of the project’s proposed site, his company is “shovel ready, and ready to move ahead as soon as we’ve got the final federal government approvals and final permits” for its proposed LNG export terminal,...
FERC to Issue Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Elba Island Export Terminal in February 2016
Posted on Oct 15, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Issue Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Elba Island Export Terminal in February 2016
FERC has issued a notice stating that it intends to issue an environmental assessment on February 5, 2016, for Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C.’s and affiliates’ proposed LNG export terminal on Elba Island, near Savannah, Ga. The notice also indicates that other federal agencies having jurisdiction over the project will have until May 5, 2016 to complete their review. ...