Driftwood LNG Files DOE Export Application
Posted on Oct 12, 2016
Driftwood LNG LLC (Driftwood LNG) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeking a long-term multi-contract authorization to export up to the equivalent of 1,496.5 Bcf/year of domestically produced LNG to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Driftwood LNG would export the LNG from its proposed LNG terminal site to be located on the west side of the Calcasieu River, near Carlyss, Calcasieu Parish, La....
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FERC Releases Update on Review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Application
Posted on Oct 5, 2016
FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s (Plaquemines LNG) application to construct a liquefaction and export terminal on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La. and the Gator Express Pipeline interconnected pipeline. FERC is currently reviewing the draft resource reports and consulting with interested stakeholders. The next step is for Plaquemines LNG and Gator Express Pipeline to submit their formal application to FERC, after which FERC will conduct its environmental analysis of the proposed project....
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FERC to Prepare EIS for Proposed Driftwood LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Oct 3, 2016
FERC has issued a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Driftwood LNG liquefaction and export terminal and interconnected pipeline in Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, and Evangeline Parishes, La. Comments on the scope of the EIS are due November 4, 2016.
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Petronas Considering Selling Stake in Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 30, 2016
Reuters reports that three unnamed sources “familiar with the matter” have revealed that Petronas is considering selling its majority stake in the proposed $27 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia due to financial constraints and low global LNG prices. The Canadian government approved the project with 190 conditions earlier this week. ...
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Canadian Government Conditionally Approves Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 28, 2016
CBC News reports that the Canadian federal government has approved Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia with 190 legally binding conditions. According to the report, majority sponsor Malaysian state oil company Petronas “initially said it would proceed with the project if the federal government gave its approval, but now the company says it will conduct a ‘total review’ of the project before making a final investment decision.”...
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Environmental Assessment for Petronas Project Due Next Monday
Posted on Sep 26, 2016
CBC News reports that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s final environmental report on Petronas’s proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) export terminal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia is due to be released October 3. According to its website, PNWLNG announced a positive Final Investment Decision in June 2015, subject to two conditions, the first of which was satisfied on July 21, 2015 after the Project Development Agreement legislation was passed by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the second of which “is a positive regulatory decision on the project’s...
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U.S. Senators Ask DOE to Slow Down LNG Export Approvals
Posted on Sep 26, 2016
A group of twelve U.S. Senators has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Moniz requesting that “DOE slow its [LNG export] approval process until the full impacts of currently approved exports are realized.” The letter expresses concerns that LNG exports will increase domestic natural gas prices, noting that “more than 60 percent of 2015 natural gas production has been approved for export, but only a small fraction of that has actually been exported to date.” The letter states that “[w]e believe it would be prudent for the DOE to first evaluate the impacts of approved projects,...
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