U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told House Representative Edward Markey in a February 24, 2012 letter that DOE will not issue final orders on pending applications to export LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries until the second half of a two-part study examining LNG exports issues has been completed and DOE has analyzed the...
Japanese Officials Discuss LNG Supplies with Alaska State Official
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Japanese Officials Discuss LNG Supplies with Alaska State Official
The Alaska Dispatch reports that Japanese officials met with Commissioner Dan Sullivan of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources recently. According to a spokesperson for the Department, the meeting participants discussed Japan’s LNG needs and the possibility of exporting some of Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to customers in...
Holder of U.S. LNG Export Authorization Hopes to Be Purchased
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Holder of U.S. LNG Export Authorization Hopes to Be Purchased
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Energy International Corp. (EIC) hopes that its U.S. Department of Energy authorization to export up to 200 Bcf over a two-year term will induce a party interested in exporting LNG to buy EIC. Aside from the authorization granted last year to Sabine Pass LNG, a representative for EIC said that its license is the only one that...
FERC Discusses Engineering Data Request with Downeast LNG
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Discusses Engineering Data Request with Downeast LNG
FERC Staff conducted a conference call with a Downeast LNG representative last month regarding engineering data previously requested by the Commission. A summary of the call is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Lithuania’s Klaipedos Nafta, Hoegh Sign LNG Storage Facility Lease Agreement (Bloomberg) Dispute Over Charges for Gas Pipeline Use Casts Doubt on Shannon LNG Project (Irish...