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BP Energy Requests Expedited FERC Action on Dominion Cove Point LNG Remand

BP Energy has filed a motion requesting that FERC expeditiously act on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s remand of BP Energy Co. v. FERC regarding capacity turn back on Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP).  According to BP Energy, the Court remanded the case to FERC for further explanation of why the 2012 agreement which permitted Statoil Natural Gas, LLC, to turn back certain...

Court Remands BP Energy Appeal of Dominion Cove Point LNG Capacity Allocation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion remanding to FERC for further explanation how FERC’s orders, which permitted Statoil Natural Gas, but not BP Energy, to turn back certain capacity held on Dominion Cove Point LNG’s system, were not unduly discriminatory as to BP Energy under the Natural Gas Act.  ...

BP Energy Files Appeal of FERC Orders Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project

BP Energy has filed a petition for review of FERC’s orders authorizing construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) export terminal in Lusby, Md.  BP Energy filed the petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge orders in which FERC determined that DCP did not unduly discriminate against BP Energy by not offering BP Energy the same...

BP Energy Seeks Rehearing of Dominion Cove Point LNG Authorization

BP Energy has filed a request for rehearing of FERC’s order approving the Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) export terminal at Lusby, Md.  BP’s request asks that FERC “(1) reverse its finding that DCP did not engage in undue discrimination by allowing Statoil to turn back its terminal capacity without granting the same turn back opportunity to BP Energy; and (2) require DCP to offer BP...

BP to Sign $20 Billion LNG Supply Deal with China’s CNOOC

BP is scheduled to sign a $20 billion deal to supply China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) with LNG over a span of 20 years.  BP is said to be likely to source much of the LNG for the deal from its contracted capacity at the Freeport LNG liquefaction facility near Freeport, Texas.  Reuters reports the deal will increase China’s LNG intake by at least 1.5 million tonnes each...

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