DOE Releases LNG Export Data for September 2016
Posted on Nov 18, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released data showing U.S. LNG import and export activity through September 2016. The report shows that during September, five cargoes of domestically produced LNG were exported via vessel from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., one cargo each to Mexico, Jordan, India, Turkey and Kuwait at prices ranging from $4.73 to $6.28/MMBtu. Five cargoes of domestically produced LNG were exported in ISO containers from the Hialeah facility near Medley, Fla. through Miami to Barbados, each at $10.00/MMBtu. ...
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ConocoPhillips Looks to Sell Kenai LNG Terminal
Posted on Nov 18, 2016
Alaska Dispatch News reports that ConocoPhillips is in the “initial stages” of trying to sell its LNG export terminal on the Kenai Peninsula, Nikiski, Alaska due to market conditions. The report states that the terminal has operated since 1969 exporting LNG from Cook Inlet for export to overseas markets.
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Sabine Pass LNG Authorized to Begin Train 3 Commissioning
Posted on Nov 9, 2016
FERC has issued a letter authorizing Cheniere Energy affiliate Sabine Pass LNG to introduce feed gas and refrigerants for commissioning of liquefaction Train 3 at its LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La.
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Woodfibre LNG Commits to Build B.C. LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Nov 7, 2016
The Globe and Mail reports that Woodfibre LNG announced that it is moving forward with its proposed LNG export terminal near Squamish, 65 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.). Byng Giraud, Woodfibre LNG’s country manager, is quoted as saying “[w]e commit today to build this project, a project that is right for Squamish and right for B.C.” According to the article, Woodfibre LNG is privately owned by Singapore-based RGE Pte. Ltd., and controlled by Indonesian businessman Sukanto Tanoto. The board of directors at Pacific Oil & Gas Ltd., which is part of RGE, approved...
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Federal Court Rejects Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Corpus Christi LNG Orders
Posted on Nov 4, 2016
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a Judgment denying Sierra Club’s appeal of FERC’s orders approving the Corpus Christi Liquefaction LNG export project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Citing its opinion regarding the Freeport LNG terminal, the Court stated that regarding the indirect effects of natural gas exports on the environment, FERC’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis did not have to address the indirect effects of the anticipated export of natural gas because the Department of Energy, not FERC, has sole authority to license the export of any...
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Jordan Cove Energy Project Requests Expedited Rehearing of LNG Project Denial
Posted on Nov 3, 2016
Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline (together, JCEP) have requested that FERC expeditiously rule on their request for rehearing of FERC’s order, which order denied JCEP’s applications to construct a liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore. and an interconnected pipeline. FERC’s order rejected JCEP’s applications for lack of market support. In the request, JCEP stated that FERC’s continued delay in ruling on rehearing has prevented JCEP from making further progress on negotiating binding agreements with potential project customers and on obtaining...
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BP Energy Requests Expedited FERC Action on Dominion Cove Point LNG Remand
Posted on Nov 2, 2016
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 capacity held on DCP’s system was not unduly discriminatory under Natural Gas Act (NGA) Section § 3(e)(4) as to BP Energy, which was not offered comparable capacity turn back rights. In response to FERC’s...
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