Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Sierra Club and Galveston Baykeeper (together, Groups) have filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging FERC’s orders authorizing construction of the Freeport LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, near Freeport, Texas. Among other issues, the Groups allege that (1) FERC erred in concluding that the effects of the Freeport LNG project...
Hawaii Gas Outlines Plans for Bulk LNG Shipments
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hawaii Gas Outlines Plans for Bulk LNG Shipments
A Pacific Business News article discusses Hawaii Gas’s plans to solicit bids for bulk LNG supplies this Spring. According to the article, the plans involve mooring an LNG tanker ship off the coast of Oahu, either near Kalaeloa or Pearl Harbor, and having regasified LNG transported from the ship via pipeline to the Hawaii Gas plant in West Oahu, and then through the company’s...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Posted on Feb 2, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) has filed a status report with FERC on the construction of DCP’s LNG export terminal in Lusby, Md. The report states that for the facilities in Maryland, engineering is 74% complete, procurement is 77% complete, and construction is less than 1%...