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Bipartisan LNG Export Bill Introduced in House

Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner today introduced the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act,” a bipartisan House companion to legislation introduced last week by Senator John Barasso (R-WY). Turner’s bill would treat North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, Japan and certain other countries similar to countries having a Free Trade Agreement with the United...

American Public Gas Association Opposes New LNG Export Bill

The American Public Gas Association (APGA), a trade organization representing America’s publicly owned natural gas local distribution companies, sent letters yesterday to U.S. Senators Inhofe (R-OK), Barasso (R-WY) and Cornyn (R-TX) urging the Senators to withdraw the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013,” introduced by those Senators last week. APGA argues...

Shell Canada JV Receives National Energy Board LNG Export License

The Calgary Herald reports that Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has granted authority to LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture among Shell Canada Ltd., Korea Gas Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina Co. Ltd., to export up to 3.23 Bcf/day (24 million tonnes/year) of LNG from a proposed terminal near Kitimat, British Columbia. The article notes that the NEB has...

Pangea LNG Receives DOE FTA Export Authority

The U.S. Department of Energy has granted authority to Pangea LNG (North American) Holdings, LLC (Pangea) to export up to 398.5 Bcf/year (8 million metric tonnes per annum) of LNG from Pangea’s proposed LNG export terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas to countries with a Free Trade Agreement with the United...

DOE to Consider All Evidence in Formulating LNG Export Policy

Platts [subscription required] reports that, in formulating U.S. LNG export policy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will not rely solely on the December 2012 NERA study on LNG exports, but will also consider the Energy Information Administration study released in January 2012, as well as comments submitted to...

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