Alaska Governor Pushes for Larger State-Owned Pipeline
Posted on Feb 23, 2015 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Pushes for Larger State-Owned Pipeline
Alaska Governor Bill Walker wrote an opinion piece last week expressing support for expanding the size of the proposed state-owned Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies as a backup in case the pipeline and LNG export terminal proposed by Alaska LNG are not built. Read more in the Alaska Dispatch...
Sempra Signs MOU to Develop Mexican Liquefaction Facility
Posted on Feb 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Sempra Signs MOU to Develop Mexican Liquefaction Facility
Sempra Energy has announced that its subsidiaries IEnova and Sempra LNG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a subsidiary of PEMEX, Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company, for cooperation and coordination in developing a natural gas liquefaction facility at the site of the existing Energía Costa Azul LNG import terminal near Ensenada, Baja California,...
Canadian Federal Government Proposes Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for LNG Facilities
Posted on Feb 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Canadian Federal Government Proposes Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for LNG Facilities
Canada’s federal government has proposed revised tax regulations that would increase the capital cost allowance (CCA) rate for equipment used in natural gas liquefaction from 8% to 30% and increase the CCA rate for buildings at a liquefaction facility from 6% to 10%. The proposed tax relief would be available for capital assets acquired after February 19, 2015 and before 2025. The...
FERC Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Aguirre Offshore GasPort Terminal
Posted on Feb 20, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Aguirre Offshore GasPort Terminal
FERC has released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort LNG import terminal off the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The FEIS concludes that construction and operation of the project would result in mostly temporary and short-term environmental impacts and, with the recommended mitigation measures, would result in limited adverse...
Bear Head LNG Passes Environmental Review
Posted on Feb 18, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bear Head LNG Passes Environmental Review
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Bear Head LNG Corporation received notice from the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency that it has reviewed information regarding the proposed Bear Head LNG export terminal in Richmond County, Nova Scotia and concluded that: (1) the design for the proposed project will be substantially the same as that which...