FERC Releases Final EIS for Corpus Christi LNG Terminal
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final EIS for Corpus Christi LNG Terminal
Today, FERC released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Corpus Christi LNG import and export terminal project and interconnected pipeline near Corpus Christi, Texas. The EIS finds that construction and operation of the project, with recommended mitigation measures, would avoid or minimize temporary and short-term environmental impacts, and long-term and permanent...
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Files for FERC Pre-Filing Review
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Files for FERC Pre-Filing Review
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC (VG Calcasieu Pass), an affiliate of Venture Global LNG, LLC, filed a request with FERC to initiate pre-filing environmental review of VG Calcasieu Pass’s proposed Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal project (Project) in Cameron Parish, La., on the east side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, near the Gulf of Mexico. The Project will consist of, among...
B.C.’s LNG Industry a Chance, Not a Windfall
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C.’s LNG Industry a Chance, Not a Windfall
The Vancouver Sun reports that in a speech read this week by Lieutenant Governor Judy Guichon before the British Columbia (B.C.) legislature’s special session, B.C.’s nascent LNG industry was characterized as “a chance — not a windfall,” and no mention was made of Premier Christy Clark’s past “election promises for a $1-trillion economic windfall from LNG that would fill a $100-billion...
FERC to Prepare EIS’s for Louisiana LNG Energy and Downeast LNG Projects
Posted on Oct 3, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare EIS’s for Louisiana LNG Energy and Downeast LNG Projects
FERC released notices of its intent to prepare environmental impact statements for Louisiana LNG Energy’s (LLNGE) proposed Mississippi River LNG export terminal project in Plaquemines Paris, La. and the proposed Downeast LNG import-export terminal in Robbinston, Maine. Comments on the scope of the environmental review are due November 3, 2014 for each project. The notice for the...
Alaska LNG Files Preliminary Project Description Report with FERC
Posted on Oct 2, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Files Preliminary Project Description Report with FERC
Alaska LNG Project applicants filed a Preliminary Draft Resource Report No. 1 (General Project Description) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review of the proposed project. According to the report, the project includes, among other facilities, a marine terminal and a liquefaction facility at Cook Inlet in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula, including three...