B.C. Legislature to Consider Law to Facilitate Pacific Northwest LNG Terminal Construction
Posted on Jun 23, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. Legislature to Consider Law to Facilitate Pacific Northwest LNG Terminal Construction
The Globe and Mail reports that the British Columbia (B.C.) legislature will meet starting July 13, 2015, to consider legislation to enable the province to enter into a project development agreement to facilitate the development of the proposed Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, B.C....
FERC Denies Rehearing of Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Expansion Authorization
Posted on Jun 23, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Denies Rehearing of Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Expansion Authorization
FERC has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of FERC’s order which authorized Cheniere affiliate Sabine Pass Liquefaction to construct its Stage 3 expansion, consisting of the construction of two additional liquefaction trains (Trains 5 and 6) to its LNG export terminal under construction at Cameron Parish, La. FERC rejected Sierra Club’s arguments that in...
Port Arthur LNG Files Non-FTA Export Application
Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Port Arthur LNG Files Non-FTA Export Application
Port Arthur LNG has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to export 517 Bcf/year (approximately 10 million metric tons) of LNG over a 20-year period from its proposed LNG terminal in Port Arthur, Texas to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States....
NextDecade Obtains Additional Funding for Rio Grande LNG Terminal
Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Financing, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on NextDecade Obtains Additional Funding for Rio Grande LNG Terminal
NextDecade, LLC (NextDecade) announced that Valinor Management, L.P. and Halcyon Energy Investors, L.P. have joined certain funds managed by York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC and its affiliates in providing NextDecade with an additional US$85 million in order to take the proposed Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) export terminal and Rio Bravo Pipeline project to Final Investment...
Court Denies Request for Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal Construction
Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Court Denies Request for Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Terminal Construction
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an order denying EarthReports, Inc. et al.’s emergency motion for a stay of FERC orders authorizing construction of the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. The court ruled that Earthjustice had “neither satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review … nor articulated ‘strongly compelling’...