Proposed B.C. Bill Would Extend Provincial Law to LNG Facilities on Canadian Federal Port Lands
Posted on Feb 18, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Proposed B.C. Bill Would Extend Provincial Law to LNG Facilities on Canadian Federal Port Lands
On Monday, British Columbia (B.C.) Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman introduced a bill to the B.C. legislature to regulate the construction, operations and permitting of LNG development on federal port lands. Bill 12, the Federal Port Development Act, would extend provincial authority and application of provincial law to LNG-related development on...
FERC Receives Comments on Contentious Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Receives Comments on Contentious Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Export Terminal
This week FERC received numerous comments on its draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore. Comments opposing the project include petitions of Oregon Wild, signed by 1,360 citizens, and Friends of the Earth, with 23,470 signatures. Comments in support include comments by North America’s Building Trades Unions...
Alaska LNG Files Draft Resource Reports with FERC
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Files Draft Resource Reports with FERC
Alaska LNG filed draft resource reports with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed LNG export terminal on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The draft resource reports are part of the initial process to develop the proposed LNG export terminal. As reported by BusinessWire, the second drafts of...
Repsol Subsidiary Files Application to Import U.S. Gas Supplies for Export as LNG from Canaport Terminal
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Repsol Subsidiary Files Application to Import U.S. Gas Supplies for Export as LNG from Canaport Terminal
Saint John LNG Development Company Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Repsol St. John LNG S.L., which is indirectly owned by Repsol, S.A. of Spain, has filed an application with the Canadian National Energy Board for 25-year authorization to import 272 Bcf/year of natural gas from the United States via Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline. Saint John LNG Development also applied for...
E.ON Global Commodities Enters Into Pipeline and Shipping Agreements Related to Freeport LNG Terminal
Posted on Feb 12, 2015 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on E.ON Global Commodities Enters Into Pipeline and Shipping Agreements Related to Freeport LNG Terminal
Two E.ON Global Commodities entities announced that they have entered into agreements for pipeline capacity to serve the proposed Freeport LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, near Freeport, Texas, and for shipping capacity to export LNG from the Freeport terminal. E.ON Global Commodities North America LLC has entered into a 20-year precedent agreement for capacity on Gulf South...