FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
Posted on Jul 17, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
FERC has released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Magnolia LNG liquefaction and export terminal project at Lake Charles, La. and the interconnected pipeline. The DEIS concludes that construction and operation of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts, but the impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the...
Access to LNG Export Market “Vital” to Canadian Gas Producers
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Access to LNG Export Market “Vital” to Canadian Gas Producers
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has released a report concluding that Canadian gas producers must have access to global LNG markets to avoid a decade of decline in natural gas production. According to the press release, “U.S. natural gas supplies are displacing western Canadian gas in the traditional markets of Central Canada, the U.S. Midwest and U.S. Northeast” and,...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Construction Status Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG has filed a report with FERC on construction activities through June 2015 at its LNG export terminal near Lusby, Md. The status report states that engineering is 90% complete, procurement is 77% complete, and construction is 5.3% complete....
Floridian Natural Gas Storage Granted Order to Reduce LNG Storage, Sendout Capacity
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Floridian Natural Gas Storage Granted Order to Reduce LNG Storage, Sendout Capacity
FERC issued an order granting Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company’s request to modify the previously authorized proposed Phase 1 LNG storage facilities near Indiantown, Fla. by substituting a 1 Bcf single-containment LNG storage tank for the previously authorized 4 Bcf full-containment tank and reducing the associated Phase 1 vaporization capacity or sendout capacity from 400...
Kinder Morgan to Purchase Shell’s Equity Interest in the Elba LNG Liquefaction Joint Venture
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Kinder Morgan to Purchase Shell’s Equity Interest in the Elba LNG Liquefaction Joint Venture
Today, Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced that it has agreed to purchase 100% of Shell’s equity interest in Elba Liquefaction Company, LLC (ELC), the owner of the proposed Elba Liquefaction and export project, to be located at the existing Elba Island LNG import terminal near Savannah, Ga. Kinder Morgan currently owns 51% of the ELC joint venture and will purchase Shell’s remaining 49%. ...