Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Files for DOE LNG Export Authority
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Files for DOE LNG Export Authority
CE FLNG, LLC, a subsidiary of Cambridge Energy Holdings, LLC, filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for long-term, multi-contract authorizations to export up to 8 million metric tons per year (approximately 389.6 Bcf) of domestically produced LNG over a thirty-year period from a floating terminal it intends to construct, own, and operate in nearshore Plaquemines...
Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell is conducting an economic trade mission with energy officials in Japan and South Korea to promote Alaskan LNG supplies. Read more in the Governor’s press release. A related article in the Alaska Dispatch discusses Japanese consortium Resources Energy Inc.’s efforts to secure Alaskan...
Democrats Ask DOE to Conduct EIS on Fracking Before Approving More LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 26, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Democrats Ask DOE to Conduct EIS on Fracking Before Approving More LNG Export Applications
The Hill reports that a group of twenty Democratic U.S. Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu today requesting that DOE conduct an environmental impact statement to consider the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing before DOE approves additional LNG export...
U.S. Representatives Urge DOE to Complete LNG Export Study and Approve Pending LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 25, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. Representatives Urge DOE to Complete LNG Export Study and Approve Pending LNG Export Applications
Yesterday, a bipartisan coalition of sixteen members of Congress from western states sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu urging the DOE to promptly complete its study on the macroeconomic effects of U.S. LNG exports and approve pending LNG export...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Export Project
Posted on Sep 25, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Export Project
FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for LNG Development Company, LLC’s proposed Oregon LNG Export Project in Cowlitz County, Wash., and related Oregon Pipeline Company pipeline. Comments on the scope of the EIS are due November 8, 2012. The notice can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....