Southern LNG Responds to Protests On LNG Export Application
Posted on Jan 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Southern LNG Responds to Protests On LNG Export Application
Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (SLNG), filed an answer to the motions to intervene and protests filed by Sierra Club and the American Public Gas Association (APGA) on SLNG’s application at the U.S. Department of Energy to export LNG from SLNG’s Elba Island, Ga., terminal to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. SLNG opposes APGA’s and Sierra...
New Report Evaluates Global Impacts of U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 9, 2013 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on New Report Evaluates Global Impacts of U.S. LNG Exports
A new report by the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions and Deloitte MarketPoint LLC, funded by Cheniere Energy, Inc., assesses the global impact of LNG exports from the United States and projects an “increase of average U.S. gas prices from 2016 to 2030 of about $0.15/MMBtu.” The study speculates that the price differences between U.S. and export markets will narrow,...
Cheniere Obtains Land Lease for Corpus Christi Terminal
Posted on Jan 9, 2013 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Cheniere Obtains Land Lease for Corpus Christi Terminal
Port of Corpus Christi commissioners have approved a two-year lease of 110 acres for Cheniere Energy subsidiary Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC to use for temporary fabrication yards during construction of an LNG export terminal on the North Side of Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. The lease is a “vital component” for getting FERC approval of the project, according to Bill...
Report Finds Potential Cost Savings from Hawaiian LNG Imports
Posted on Jan 8, 2013 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Report Finds Potential Cost Savings from Hawaiian LNG Imports
A report by FACTS Global Energy evaluating the impacts of imports of LNG into Hawaii concludes that, under a base case LNG demand forecast, using small, U.S.-built, Jones Act compliant LNG carriers, conventional onshore terminals can deliver LNG from the U.S. West Coast to Oahu 31-47% cheaper than oil through 2030. The report finds that the savings are cut roughly in half if LNG is...
Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Comments touting the economic benefits of exporting U.S. produced LNG to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States were submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Pennsylvania state legislators and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. The Fertilizer Institute filed a comment criticizing the Export Study for underestimating the contributions of the...