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...
Joining TPP Could Ease Japan’s Access to U.S. LNG Supplies
Posted on Mar 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Joining TPP Could Ease Japan’s Access to U.S. LNG Supplies
An article in The Japan Times states that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe favors Japan entering into Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations with the United States. The Trans-Pacific agreement currently being negotiated would govern trade relations among eleven nations in Asia and the Americas. According to the article, joining the TPP talks could ease Japan’s...
Some Experts Say U.S. Limits on LNG Exports Would Violate WTO Rules
Posted on Jan 31, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Some Experts Say U.S. Limits on LNG Exports Would Violate WTO Rules
According to sources cited in a Reuters article, U.S. government restrictions on LNG exports would be hypocritical and would violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
New Mexico’s Governor Files Comments Supporting LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on New Mexico’s Governor Files Comments Supporting LNG Exports
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chu in support of LNG exports and, citing employment, investment and balance of trade benefits, urged DOE to approve the pending LNG export...
DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Rehearing and Stay Request re Sabine Pass LNG Export Authorization
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on DOE Denies Sierra Club’s Rehearing and Stay Request re Sabine Pass LNG Export Authorization
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing and stay of DOE’s Final Opinion and Order, which granted Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC’s application to export LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. DOE reaffirmed its denial of Sierra...
Japanese Companies File Comments at DOE in Support of U.S. LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Jan 25, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Japanese Companies File Comments at DOE in Support of U.S. LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan and Japanese utilities Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric filed comments at the U.S. Department of Energy in support of U.S. LNG exports to countries without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. These and other comments on DOE’s report on the macroeconomic effects of U.S. LNG exports are available on DOE’s...