API Releases Map Showing U.S. LNG Export Terminals
Posted on Oct 11, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on API Releases Map Showing U.S. LNG Export Terminals
The American Petroleum Institute has launched a web-based map showing the location and general information on approved and proposed U.S. LNG export terminals. The information displayed includes the length of time each terminal applicant has been “waiting” for approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Read...
Clatsop County Commissioners Deny Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal and Pipeline
Posted on Oct 10, 2013 in Environmental, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Clatsop County Commissioners Deny Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal and Pipeline
The Daily Astorian reports that after two years of legal challenges the Board of Clatsop County Commissioners unanimously rejected Oregon LNG and Oregon Pipeline Company’s application for a land use permit to construct an LNG terminal and interconnected pipeline in Warrenton, Ore., ruling that parts of the pipeline project conflicted with zoning regulations for forest and shoreline...
B.C. First Nations Host LNG Summit
Posted on Oct 10, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. First Nations Host LNG Summit
British Columbia (B.C.) First Nations chiefs hosted a summit with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver, Japanese Ambassador Norihiro Okuda and B.C.’s Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad to discuss ways to inform and involve First Nations in the decision-making process for proposed B.C. LNG export terminals. Oliver emphasized the importance...
B.C. to Study Air Quality Impacts of Proposed Kitimat LNG Projects
Posted on Oct 9, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. to Study Air Quality Impacts of Proposed Kitimat LNG Projects
The Canadian Press reports that the British Columbia government will fund a study of the cumulative effects of air emissions from existing and proposed industrial developments, including three proposed LNG terminals, in the Kitimat area. The study will focus on sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions, and a final report will be due to the government by March 31, 2014. The study...
Annova LNG Files Application to Export LNG to FTA Nations
Posted on Oct 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Annova LNG Files Application to Export LNG to FTA Nations
Marketwired reports that Annova LNG, LLC (Annova) filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to export domestically produced LNG to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Annova proposes to export the LNG from a proposed facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas that will produce 2.0 millions of tons per annum (mtpa), or about 300,000 MMBtu/day,...