FERC Tolls Rehearing of Order Rejecting Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Terminal Application
Posted on May 10, 2016
FERC has issued a tolling order which extends indefinitely the time by which FERC must act on requests for rehearing of its order which rejected Jordan Cove Energy Project’s application to construct a liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline’s proposed interconnected pipeline, for lack of market support.
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Woodfibre LNG Affiliate Signs Heads of Agreement with Chinese Customer
Posted on May 10, 2016
Woodfibre LNG Limited (Woodfibre LNG) announced that its Singapore-based affiliate, Woodfibre LNG Export Pte Ltd., has signed a Heads of Agreement with Guangzhou Gas Group Co., Ltd., for potential LNG offtake of 1 million tonnes/year LNG for 25 years starting in 2020. The LNG will be sourced from Woodfibre LNG’s proposed liquefaction and export terminal in the District of Squamish, British Columbia, and is contemplated to provide LNG supplies to Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China. The proposed Woodfibre LNG Project is expected to start production in 2020 with an annual capacity of...
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Rio Grande LNG Files FERC Application
Posted on May 9, 2016
Rio Grande LNG, LLC and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (together, Applicants) have filed an application with FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities in the Brownsville Navigation District in Cameron County, Texas and an interconnected pipeline. The terminal facilities would consist of six liquefaction trains, each with a nominal capacity of approximately 4.5 million metric tonnes per annum (approximately 0.6 Bcf/day), four LNG tanks (each with a capacity of 180,000 cubic meters), two marine jetties for ocean-going LNG vessels...
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FERC Authorizes Two Additional Trains for Cameron LNG
Posted on May 9, 2016
FERC has issued an order authorizing Cameron LNG to construct and operate a fifth 160,000-cubic meter (m3) LNG storage tank, which would store LNG pending export, and two additional liquefaction trains, Trains 4 and 5, each with a liquefaction capability of 4.985 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA). Cameron proposes to construct the facilities at its LNG terminal on the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, La. The expansion would allow Cameron LNG to export an additional 515 Bcf/year of domestically-produced natural gas or the equivalent of 9.97 MMTPA of LNG from...
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FERC Denies Request to Rehear Aguirre Approval
Posted on May 5, 2016
FERC has issued an order denying Comité Diálogo Ambiental, Inc.’s (Diálogo) request for rehearing of FERC’s July 24, 2015 order, which approved Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC’s (Aguirre) proposed LNG import terminal facilities along the southern shore of Puerto Rico near Salinas. FERC rejected Diálogo’s allegation that the July 24 Order erred in determining that Aguirre’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) is not FERC jurisdictional after finding that Aguirre’s proposed FSRU is a waterborne vessel capable of ocean travel and will be used to deliver natural gas to or from an LNG...
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Clean Energy Fuels to Supply LNG to Hawaii Gas
Posted on May 5, 2016
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that it has signed a contract to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas. According to the press release, “the agreement is consistent with the state’s intent to reduce its reliance on imported crude oil, using a cleaner and more economical fuel.” Details of the contract were not released.
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TransCanada Receives Permit for LNG Canada Feeder Pipeline
Posted on May 5, 2016
TransCanada Corporation announced that it has received the last of the permits it needs from the British Columbia (B.C.) Oil and Gas Commission to build and operate the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a 670-kilometre pipeline that would bring gas from the Groundbirch area near Dawson Creek to the proposed LNG Canada liquefaction and export terminal near Kitimat, B.C. for export to Asian markets. According to the announcement, a Final Investment Decision by the pipeline’s customers, the joint venture partners of LNG Canada, is expected in late 2016. If approved, pipeline construction would begin in...
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