West Virginia Governor Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on West Virginia Governor Supports LNG Exports
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu urging DOE to approve the pending LNG export applications, citing the thousands of jobs and billions of investment dollars that the construction and operation of the proposed LNG terminals will bring to the U.S....
Sierra Club Protests Cameron LNG FERC Export Application
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Protests Cameron LNG FERC Export Application
Sierra Club and Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) filed a motion to intervene and protest at FERC in response to Cameron LNG, LLC’s (Cameron) application to construct facilities to export LNG near its existing LNG import terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and related pipeline facilities. As in other LNG export cases, Sierra Club, now with GRN, alleges that Cameron’s proposal...
Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Oil & Gas Journal reports that a group of mayors from Houston, Tulsa, and various Midwestern cities and John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, separately told reporters that their groups have sent letters to the U.S. Department of Energy in support of LNG exports stating that such exports will benefit the U.S. economy. An audio recording of Tulsa Mayor...
FERC Rules on Hawaii Gas Company LNG Import Application
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Rules on Hawaii Gas Company LNG Import Application
FERC issued an order today dismissing The Gas Company, LLC’s (GasCo) application to import and vaporize LNG transported from the continental United States for distribution to end-use customers in Hawaii. FERC ruled that GasCo’s proposed facilities do not constitute an LNG terminal under Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 3, and that its proposed facilities and operations are...
Two More DOE LNG Export Applications Filed
Posted on Jan 16, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Two More DOE LNG Export Applications Filed
Gasfin Development USA, LLC (Gasfin) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export over a 25-year term up to 74 Bcf/year of LNG (approximately 1.5 million metric tons) to nations having a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Gasfin would export the LNG from the proposed Gasfin LNG Export Project, a mid-scale natural gas liquefaction and LNG export...