FERC Releases Status Update for Alaska LNG Project; Alaska Governor Identifies Issues Needing Resolution
Posted on Sep 10, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Releases Status Update for Alaska LNG Project; Alaska Governor Identifies Issues Needing Resolution
FERC has released an update on the status of its environmental review of the proposed Alaska LNG Project consisting of an 800-mile pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies and liquefaction facilities and an LNG export terminal to be located near Nikiski in southeastern Alaska. FERC currently is considering and will hold public meetings with stakeholders in October and November on...
Williams to Construct Pipeline to Steelhead LNG Proposed Export Terminals in B.C.
Posted on Sep 1, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Williams to Construct Pipeline to Steelhead LNG Proposed Export Terminals in B.C.
Today, Steelhead LNG Corp. announced a pre-construction agreement with U.S. pipeline developer Williams to commence with the design and regulatory approvals for the Island Gas Connector Project, a proposed natural gas pipeline which will transport natural gas from Sumas, Washington, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia (B.C.), where Steelhead LNG is exploring the development of two...
Alaska Governor Seeks to Buyout TransCanada from Alaska LNG Project
Posted on Aug 26, 2015 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Seeks to Buyout TransCanada from Alaska LNG Project
The Alaska Dispatch News reports that Alaska Governor Bill Walker will ask state legislators to exercise an option to buyout TransCanada Corporation’s 25% pipeline share of the Alaska LNG project, which involves construction of an 800-mile pipeline and LNG terminal to access North Slope gas supplies for export. North Slope producers BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil are the other...
Canadian Energy Board Grants Pieridae Energy Import and Export Licenses
Posted on Aug 19, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Canadian Energy Board Grants Pieridae Energy Import and Export Licenses
The Canadian National Energy Board has granted Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. (Pieridae) 20-year licenses to import up to 419.75 Bcf/year of natural gas from the United States to Canada via the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and to export up to 587.65 Bcf/year of LNG from Pieridae’s proposed terminal near Goldboro, Nova Scotia. The licenses are subject to the approval of the...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
Posted on Jul 17, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
FERC has released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Magnolia LNG liquefaction and export terminal project at Lake Charles, La. and the interconnected pipeline. The DEIS concludes that construction and operation of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts, but the impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the...
Project Agreements Signed with First Nations for LNG Canada’s Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Jun 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Project Agreements Signed with First Nations for LNG Canada’s Feeder Pipeline
TransCanada announced its Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project (Coastal GasLink) has signed project agreements with Canadian First Nations Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Skin Tyee Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Yekooche First Nation, Doig River First Nation, and Halfway River First Nation, whose traditional and treaty territories are located along the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline...