Cameron Parish Supports SCT&E LNG Project
Posted on Jul 16, 2014 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Cameron Parish Supports SCT&E LNG Project
SCT&E LNG went before the Cameron Parish Police Jury to formally announce the twelve million metric tons per annum (mtpa) Liquefaction Project on Monkey Island. At the meeting, the Cameron Parish Police Jury announced its decision to fund a $150,000 feasibility study to determine the construction of one or more bridges linking Monkey Island with Cameron Parish mainland. The new...
Anti-Fracking Protesters Arrested at FERC
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Anti-Fracking Protesters Arrested at FERC
Reuters reports that approximately two dozen protesters were arrested at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Demonstrators protested hydraulic fracturing and the U.S. gas industry’s push to sell “fracked” liquefied natural gas abroad by blocking entrances to the FERC headquarters for more than 90 minutes. Environmental groups have called on...
Global Infrastructure Partners Purchases Stake in Freeport LNG
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Global Infrastructure Partners Purchases Stake in Freeport LNG
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a U.S. based, independent global infrastructure investor, announced its decision to buy 25% of Freeport LNG Development LP for $850 million from Hastings Funds Management Ltd. of Australia. Freeport LNG is a holding company for the LNG receiving and regasification terminal near Freeport, Texas. The Freeport joint venture received approval last...
Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC’s Files Application for Lake Charles Expansion Project at FERC
Posted on Jul 14, 2014 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC’s Files Application for Lake Charles Expansion Project at FERC
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited announced that the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC’s application for the Lake Charles Expansion Project. FERC established an August 1, 2014 deadline by which interested parties must formally intervene or submit comments on the filing. The FERC approval process for the Lake Charles...
Senate Finance Committee Approves Highway Trust Fund Bill with Bennet-Udall Measure to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel
Posted on Jul 14, 2014 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senate Finance Committee Approves Highway Trust Fund Bill with Bennet-Udall Measure to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to sustain the Highway Trust Fund into early 2015. The Preserving America’s Transit and Highways Act includes a provision to introduced by Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to allow liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be treated comparably with diesel fuel by requiring that LNG be...