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White House: LNG Exports to Ukraine Up to DOE

Reuters reports that in response to a question on whether the United States would expedite exports of LNG to Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney stated today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has authority over LNG exports and that “DOE will continue to make [LNG export] public interest determinations on a case-by-case basis considering economic, energy security,...

Magnolia LNG Signs Tolling Agreement Term Sheet with AES Latin American Development

Magnolia LNG (MLNG) has executed a non‐binding Tolling Agreement Term Sheet with AES Latin American Development, Ltd (AES) for LNG production capacity rights of between 800,000 and 1 million tonnes per year from MLNG’s proposed LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La.  According to the press release, AES is a Fortune 200 global power company with extensive investment in power...

Excelerate FLSOs Not Subject to Coast Guard Vessel Jurisdiction

The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions’ floating liquefaction storage and offloading units (FLSOs) proposed for the Lavaca Bay LNG terminal at the Port of Port Lavaca-Point Comfort, Texas, are not vessels subject to Coast Guard vessel certification and inspection requirements due to their configuration, intended use, and mooring arrangements...

Sabine Pass Liquefaction Files Update to NERA’s 2012 LNG Export Study

Sabine Pass Liquefaction filed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) a report prepared by NERA to update NERA’s 2012 study on the macroeconomic effects of LNG exports on the U.S. economy.  The report uses updated economic data based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2013 and International Energy Outlook 2013 studies, and reinforces NERA’s 2012...

Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Draft EIS for Cameron LNG Export Terminal

Sierra Club, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, Gulf Restoration Network, and RESTORE filed comments with FERC criticizing FERC’s draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Cameron LNG export terminal near Hackberry, La.  The comments allege that the draft EIS does not conform to National Environmental Policy Act requirements because, among other things, it is based on...

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