Senators Submit Proposal for New LNG and CNG Retail Units
Posted on Jul 10, 2014 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senators Submit Proposal for New LNG and CNG Retail Units
Politico reports that U.S. Senator John Thune, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, and more than twenty senators have delivered a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, recommending a proposal by the National Conference on Weights and Measures that would permit retailers to sell LNG and CNG in diesel gallon equivalent units. Senator Thune and...
GDF Suez, Mitsubishi, and NYK Sign Agreement Related to LNG Bunkering
Posted on Jul 10, 2014 in Environmental, LNG Exports, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on GDF Suez, Mitsubishi, and NYK Sign Agreement Related to LNG Bunkering
GDF Suez, Mitsubishi Corp., and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) signed a framework agreement related to the development of an LNG bunkering vessel and an LNG bunkering supply contract between GDF Suez and United European Car Carriers. Under the agreement, NYK will operate an LNG bunkering vessel to be built in South Korea and delivered by 2016. The LNG bunkering vessel will transport LNG...
DOE Approves Changes to Cameron LNG Export Authorization
Posted on Jul 9, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Approves Changes to Cameron LNG Export Authorization
The Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued an order approving changes in the control of export authorizations. In February 2014, Cameron LNG, LLC (“Cameron”) filed an application with the Office of Fuel Energy (“FE”) of the DOE to transfer indirect control of a DOE/FE authorization to export LNG to free-trade-agreement (“FTA”) countries and a DOE/FE conditional authorization to export...
Canada Environmental Assessment Agency Opens Public Comments on Aurora LNG Project
Posted on Jul 9, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental | Comments Off on Canada Environmental Assessment Agency Opens Public Comments on Aurora LNG Project
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (“the Agency”) will determine whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Aurora LNG Project in the Prince Rupert area of British Columbia (B.C.). If the Agency determines an environmental assessment is required, then the Government of British Columbia has requested a substitution of the B.C. environmental...
Vancouver Island First Nations Band Signs Agreement with Steelhead LNG
Posted on Jul 8, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Vancouver Island First Nations Band Signs Agreement with Steelhead LNG
The Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) and Steelhead LNG Corp. announced an agreement to begin an LNG project at Sarita Bay in British Columbia, Canada. The proposed project includes a liquefaction facility at the southern end of Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island. Steelhead LNG applied to the National Energy Board on July 8 for a license to export 30 million tonnes of LNG per year for 25...