Alaska Signs Commercial Agreements for Alaska LNG Project
Posted on Jan 16, 2014 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Signs Commercial Agreements for Alaska LNG Project
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada Corp., regarding the proposed Alaska LNG project and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with TransCanada defining the pipeline company’s role in developing the pipeline portion of the project. Read more in the press release. ...
Oregon LNG Affiliate Files for Canadian Gas Export License
Posted on Jan 16, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Affiliate Files for Canadian Gas Export License
Oregon LNG Marketing Company (OLM), an affiliate of Oregon LNG, filed an application with Canada’s National Energy Board to export to the United States over a 25-year period up to 473 Bcf/year of natural gas for further export as LNG from Oregon LNG’s proposed export terminal in Warrenton, Ore. OLM’s application can be found...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cameron LNG Export Project
Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cameron LNG Export Project
FERC released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Cameron LNG export terminal project, finding that, with the recommended mitigation measures, impacts in the project area would be avoided or minimized and would not be significant. Public comments on the DEIS are due March 3, 2014. FERC’s notice of the DEIS can be found here, and the entire docket for the Cameron...
Industrial and Municipal Gas Distributors Group Asks DOE to Halt Approval of Non-FTA LNG Export Permits
Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Industrial and Municipal Gas Distributors Group Asks DOE to Halt Approval of Non-FTA LNG Export Permits
America’s Energy Advantage, a group of manufacturers and municipal gas distributors, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Moniz urging DOE to stop approving applications to export LNG to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The letter expresses concerns that approval of additional LNG export volumes will jeopardize the manufacturing...
Court Hears Arguments on Plan to Export LNG From Dominion Cove Point Terminal
Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Litigation, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Court Hears Arguments on Plan to Export LNG From Dominion Cove Point Terminal
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals heard arguments last week on whether an agreement first signed in 1972 and subsequently amended would prohibit exports of LNG from the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. The Sierra Club argued that the agreement does not provide for exports of LNG by sea. A lower court earlier ruled that such exports are permitted under the...