Analysts: More than Half of U.S. LNG Exports Will Go to Europe by 2020
Posted on Jan 15, 2016
Bloomberg reports that “Europe is set to be the key destination” for U.S. LNG supplies. Per Wood Mackenzie analysts’ predictions, 55% of U.S. LNG exports will go to Europe by 2020 due to the disappearance of the large spread between European and Asian LNG prices and Europe’s proximity to U.S. LNG export terminals.
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Sutherland Expands Energy and Commodities Practice in Houston with Counsel Daniel LeFort
Posted on Jan 15, 2016
Sutherland is pleased announced today that Daniel P. LeFort has joined the firm’s Energy, Environmental and Commodities Practice Group as a counsel in the Houston office. Prior to joining Sutherland, Mr. LeFort was in the Houston and Tokyo offices of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. With more than 30 years of corporate counsel and private practice experience, including serving 18 years as in-house counsel for Shell Oil and ExxonMobil, Mr. LeFort advises U.S. and foreign-based companies on the development, construction, procurement and sale of energy-related projects in the liquefied natural...
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Oregon LNG Refiles Land Dispute Case Against the Army Corps of Engineers
Posted on Jan 15, 2016
The Daily Astorian reports that Oregon LNG has refiled a lawsuit in U.S. District Court which claims that the Army Corps of Engineers has abandoned its easement rights to land on which Oregon LNG wants to build its LNG export terminal in Warrenton, Ore. According to the press release, the suit was refiled to permit Oregon LNG to “maintain its legal options” and is “responsive to the Findings and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta in Oregon LNG’s earlier filing, which was withdrawn.” ...
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Cheniere Expects to Export First LNG Commissioning Cargo from its Sabine Pass Terminal in Late February or March
Posted on Jan 14, 2016
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it expects to export the first LNG commissioning cargo from its Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. in late February or March 2016. According to the press release, the first commissioning cargo was initially expected to occur by late January but instrumentation issues have caused a delay. ...
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Lithuania Postpones Plans to Import U.S. LNG
Posted on Jan 13, 2016
Reuters reports that Lithuania’s state energy company has postponed plans to import LNG from the United States because the LNG is too “calorific” and does not meet the specifications needed for the country’s gas distribution system, which was designed to use Russian gas. According to the report, Lithuanian company LITGAS has been negotiating for LNG deliveries from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, which is due to begin LNG exports soon. Cheniere is testing its liquefaction equipment to ensure that the chemical composition of the LNG it produces will meet...
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FERC Defends Rejection of Claims of Induced Gas Production in Reviewing LNG Export Terminal Application
Posted on Jan 13, 2016
Law360 reports that in the court appeal of FERC’s orders approving the Corpus Christi LNG export terminal, FERC stands by its policy that, in its environmental review of Corpus Christi LNG’s export project application, FERC was not required to consider the environmental effects of potential increased gas production caused by the project. Sierra Club and other environmental groups have challenged FERC’s policy on this issue and related issues. FERC argued in its brief that “the location and timing of any future production are speculative. Without knowing where, in what quantity, and under...
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FERC Releases Schedule for Cameron LNG Expansion Environmental Review
Posted on Jan 11, 2016
FERC issued a notice of its intent to release its environmental assessment for the Cameron LNG export terminal expansion project (Project) on February 12, 2016. Other federal agencies having jurisdiction over the Project would have until May 12, 2016 to complete their review. The proposed Project, near Hackberry, La., would increase the terminal’s LNG production capacity by 515 Bcf/year. ...
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