December 21, 2015 – December 25, 2015
Posted on Dec 18, 2015
LNGLawBlog will not publish its Daily LNG Headlines December 21 – 25 2015.
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Pieridae Energy (Canada) Acquires Land for Goldboro LNG Project
Posted on Dec 18, 2015
The Chronicle Herald reports that Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. has acquired a 107-hectare tract of land for its proposed Goldboro LNG export terminal in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. According to the report, the proposed facility, which includes a processing plant and export terminal, would produce 10 million tonnes of LNG annually. A final investment decision for the project will be made by the end of 2016....
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FERC Authorizes Lake Charles LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Dec 18, 2015
Yesterday, FERC issued an order granting Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC and Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC (together, Lake Charles LNG) authorization to construct liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities adjacent to Lake Charles LNG’s existing LNG import terminal located in Calcasieu Parish, La. The order also granted Lake Charles LNG’s request to convert its facilities and operations from Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 7 jurisdiction to NGA section 3 jurisdiction. The liquefaction facilities will include three liquefaction trains with a design production capacity of 16.45...
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FERC Releases Update for Annova LNG Project
Posted on Dec 16, 2015
FERC has released an update on its review of Annova LNG’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the southern bank of the Brownsville Ship Channel at mile marker 8.2 in Cameron County, Texas. The Project would include six liquefaction trains with the ability to produce about 6 million tons per year of LNG and marine facilities for export of the LNG. FERC is currently conducting its environmental analysis of the planned project but has not yet received a complete set of the draft Resource Reports (RRs) from Annova. Once those are submitted, FERC will review them and provide...
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Comments Opposing Jordan Cove LNG Project Urge Denial of Application
Posted on Dec 16, 2015
Comments filed at FERC by Citizens Against LNG urge FERC to reject the proposed Jordan Cove Energy LNG export project in Coos Bay, Ore. because of negative environmental and economic impacts and market conditions, and after eleven years of planning, Jordan Cove Energy “has no signed gas contracts” for the LNG to be produced at the project.
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Article Discusses the Replacement of Cheniere Energy’s CEO and Global LNG Markets
Posted on Dec 15, 2015
The New York Times reports on the differing views of the global LNG market held by Cheniere Energy’s recently replaced CEO Charif Souki and the company’s board of directors, which now includes allies of “activist investor” Carl Icahn, who recently acquired a significant stake in the company.
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Cheniere Energy’s CEO Charif Souki Replaced
Posted on Dec 14, 2015
Cheniere Energy (Cheniere) announced that Charif Souki, Cheniere’s co-founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, has been replaced by Neal A. Shear as interim President and Chief Executive Officer, and G. Andrea Botta as Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Cheniere is owner and operator of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction LNG import/export terminal in Cameron Parish, La. and the Corpus Christi Liquefaction LNG import/export terminal under construction near Corpus Christi, Tx. The Financial Times reports that the “catalyst for Mr Souki’s removal was a...
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