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Woodside Petroleum Confirms Purchase Agreement for Corpus Christi LNG Supplies

Woodside Petroleum Ltd. announced that, with the Cheniere Energy’s Final Investment Decision, the conditions precedent to its LNG sales and purchase agreement with Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) have been satisfied and that Woodside will purchase, on a free on board basis, approximately 0.85 million tonnes of LNG/year from the second liquefaction train at the proposed CCL...

Cheniere Affiliates Receive DOE Final Order for Non-FTA Exports; Cheniere Announces FID and Notice to Proceed

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a Final Order and Opinion granting Cheniere Energy affiliates Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Cheniere Energy Marketing authority to export, over 20 years, up to 767 Bcf/yr of LNG from the proposed Corpus Christi Liquefaction and LNG export project near Corpus Christi, Texas, to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United...

CB&I Wins Engineering Contract for Rio Grande LNG Project

CB&I has been awarded a contract by NextDecade LLC, for the front end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction terms related to the proposed Rio Grande LNG export project in Brownsville, Texas.  The contract covers all design and engineering activities required for the FERC permitting process, as well as for preparation for procurement of critical...

B.C. First Nation Again Rejects C$1 Billion Offer to Support Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal

The Globe and Mail reports that British Columbia (B.C.) First Nations Band Lax Kw’alaams has, after three votes, unanimously rejected a C$1 billion (approximately $820 million) offer to support the Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, B.C.  The terminal is proposed to be built on the traditional lands of the Lax Kw’alaams.  The offer is...

B.C. Signs LNG Revenue Sharing Agreements with 28 First Nations

The Financial Post reports that British Columbia (B.C.) Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad recently revealed that “the province had now signed revenue-sharing agreements with 28 First Nations that would be affected by the development of LNG projects and connecting pipelines.”  The agreements are expected to “bring the province closer to its goals for LNG.” ...

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