Sabine Pass LNG Cargo Shipped to Spain
Posted on Jul 5, 2016
Platts reports that a cargo of LNG has left Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and is headed to Spain. This is the second shipment of U.S. LNG to Europe, where the LNG will compete with Algerian pipeline gas supplies in Spain and Portugal. According to the article, by 2020, U.S. LNG exports are expected to be able to supply a quarter of the European Union market. ...
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Uncertainty of Alaska LNG Project Discussed at State Legislature Hearing
Posted on Jun 30, 2016
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that new Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) President and CEO Keith Meyer presented a plan to Alaska’s joint House-Senate Resources Committee to overhaul the financial structure of the proposed Alaska LNG Project. The plan would allow the state to lead the project with other outside investors, “but still depend on the producers selling their shares of natural gas from the Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson fields into the project.” AGDC represents Alaska’s 25% stake in the project, which includes an 800-mile pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies...
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Court Denies Sierra Club Appeals of Freeport LNG and Sabine Pass LNG Orders
Posted on Jun 29, 2016
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued two opinions denying (1) Sierra Club’s and Galveston Baykeeper’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to construct and operate LNG export terminal facilities at its LNG import terminal on Quintana Island in Brazoria County, Texas, and (2) Sierra Club’s challenges to FERC orders authorizing Sabine Pass LNG to increase the liquefaction capacity at its proposed LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. from 16 to 20 million tons per year. In the opinions, among other things, the Court rejected the...
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Environmental Review of Petronas’s Proposed B.C. LNG Terminal Resumes
Posted on Jun 27, 2016
Reuters reports that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has resumed its review of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) project near Lelu Island, British Columbia. Malaysian state oil company Petronas is the primary sponsor of the PNWLNG project. The CEAA review process was paused in March to permit CEAA to obtain more information about the proposal from PNWLNG. According to the report, CEAA now has three months to complete its review. ...
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Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Progress Report
Posted on Jun 24, 2016
Dominion Cove Point LNG has filed a report with FERC covering construction progress at its liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. through May 2016. The report states that engineering is 99.8% complete, engineered equipment procurement is 99% complete, and construction is 38% complete.
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Rio Grande LNG Files Response to Opposing Parties
Posted on Jun 23, 2016
Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (together, RGLNG) have filed an answer with FERC opposing various entities’ motions to intervene, protests and comments regarding RGLNG’s application to construct and operate a liquefaction and LNG export terminal along Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas, and an interconnected pipeline. RGLNG requests that FERC (1) reject approximately 90 motions to intervene filed by various individuals and organizations as procedurally deficient; (2) reject the joint protest of Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife because, among other...
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State of Alaska May Increase Stake in Alaska LNG Project
Posted on Jun 22, 2016
KTOO reports that Alaska Governor Bill Walker’s administration is considering increasing Alaska’s stake in the Alaska LNG Project or taking over ownership completely. Currently, the state owns 25% of the project through the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, and ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, are the other sponsors of the project. The report states that the administration is in talks with the other owners because they “have indicated they may not be ready to move the project forward next year as planned, as low oil prices have cut...
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