Flint Hills Resources Files DOE Application to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Nov 16, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Flint Hills Resources Files DOE Application to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations
Flint Hills Resources, LP (Flint Hills) has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export up to 3.62 Bcf/year over 20 years to nations with and without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Flint Hills proposes to export LNG produced at the existing Stabilis LNG Eagle Ford LLC facility located at George West, Texas via tanker trucks or ISO...
FERC Releases Final EIS for the Proposed Magnolia LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Nov 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final EIS for the Proposed Magnolia LNG Export Terminal
FERC has released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Magnolia LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La. and the various liquefaction, LNG distribution, and appurtenant facilities. The notice states that FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts but these impacts would be reduced to...
N.Y. Governor Cuomo Rejects Port Ambrose Deepwater LNG Port
Posted on Nov 12, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on N.Y. Governor Cuomo Rejects Port Ambrose Deepwater LNG Port
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has sent a letter to the U.S. Maritimes Administration (MARAD) disapproving of the grant of a deepwater port license for Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose Deepwater Port LNG import terminal for offshore New York and New Jersey. According to the letter, the Deepwater Port Act requires the approval from the governor of each adjacent coastal state...
Toshiba Looking To Sell Down Freeport LNG Tolling Agreements
Posted on Nov 9, 2015 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Toshiba Looking To Sell Down Freeport LNG Tolling Agreements
Reuters reports that due to low Asian natural gas prices, Toshiba is looking to sell down its tolling agreements with Freeport LNG under which Toshiba must pay Freeport LNG up to $370 million per year in fees over 20 years for the Quintana Island, Texas liquefaction plant even if Toshiba does not use the facility to produce LNG. According to the report, Toshiba has held talks recently...
Downeast LNG Requests Pause of FERC Review
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Requests Pause of FERC Review
Downeast LNG has filed a letter requesting that FERC hold its review of Downeast LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal in Robbinston, Maine in abeyance “until February 29, 2016 while Downeast LNG and its investors undertake an economic analysis of current market conditions and the associated impact on the proposed Downeast LNG project.”...