BP Continues Push for Turnback of Cove Point LNG Import Capacity
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on BP Continues Push for Turnback of Cove Point LNG Import Capacity
Alleging undue discrimination and undue preference, BP Energy Company (BP) filed a pleading at FERC yesterday requesting that FERC require Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (DCP) to give BP an opportunity to relinquish its LNG import capacity in the same manner as DCP provided to Statoil Natural Gas. The pleading can be found here, and the complete docket for DCP’s export terminal...
Venture Global LNG Files for DOE LNG Export Authorization
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Venture Global LNG Files for DOE LNG Export Authorization
Venture Global LNG, LLC filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy for authority to export up to 5 million metric tons (243.6 Bcf) of LNG per year from a proposed mid-scale liquefaction and LNG export terminal at the Calcasieu Ship Channel, Cameron Parish, La. to countries with and without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The application can be found...
FERC Releases Project Update for Trunkline LNG’s Lake Charles Export Project
Posted on Jun 4, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Project Update for Trunkline LNG’s Lake Charles Export Project
FERC released an update on its environmental review of Trunkline LNG Company LLC’s (Trunkline) Lake Charles export project. According to the update, the next major step in the process will be Trunkline’s filing of draft environmental resource reports, expected in June 2013. Trunkline plans to file a formal application for the project in late 2013. Copies of the update can...
FERC Vacates Authority for Freeport-McMoRan Pipeline Connecting Main Pass Energy Hub LNG Port
Posted on Jun 3, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Vacates Authority for Freeport-McMoRan Pipeline Connecting Main Pass Energy Hub LNG Port
Today, FERC issued an order vacating authority for Freeport-McMoRan Energy, LLC (Freeport-McMoRan) to construct and operate 5.1 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline for the purpose of connecting Freeport-McMoRan’s proposed Main Pass Energy Hub deepwater LNG port facility in the Gulf of Mexico to an existing interstate pipeline hub at Coden, Ala. FERC required the pipeline to be in...
Pieridae Energy Signs Agreement with E.ON to Supply LNG to Western Europe
Posted on Jun 3, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Pieridae Energy Signs Agreement with E.ON to Supply LNG to Western Europe
Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd. (Pieridae) announced today that it has entered into a 20-year sales agreement with E.ON Global Commodities SE, a subsidiary of E.ON SE, for the purchase of 5 million tons of LNG per year from Pieridae’s proposed Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia, Canada to several locations in Western Europe. Commercial operation for the Goldboro terminal is...