FERC to Prepare EIS for Fourchon LNG Project
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare EIS for Fourchon LNG Project
FERC issued a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Fourchon LNG Project in Lafourche Parish, La. Fourchon LNG intends to use the terminal to liquefy, store, and deliver LNG to domestic LNG-fueled marine vessels and LNG carriers for export to overseas markets. The terminal has a proposed peak capacity of five million metric tonnes of LNG per...
Port Arthur LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline Files FERC Application
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on Port Arthur LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline Files FERC Application
Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC has filed an application with FERC to construct, own, and operate its Louisiana Connector Project, which consists of 131 miles of new 42-inch-diameter feed gas pipeline and other facilities designed to deliver up to 2,000 MMcf/day of natural gas to the Liquefaction Project that is currently being developed by Port Arthur LNG, LLC and PALNG Common Facilities...
FERC Review of LNG Terminal Pre-Filing Regulation Recommends No Changes
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Review of LNG Terminal Pre-Filing Regulation Recommends No Changes
On October 25, 2017, FERC released its Final Report pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 13783 to determine whether existing regulations and agency actions potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources. FERC reviewed its regulation requiring the mandatory pre-filing environmental review process for LNG terminal and related pipeline...
Cove Point LNG to Begin LNG Production in November
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cove Point LNG to Begin LNG Production in November
Platts reports that Dominion Energy is expected to begin LNG production at its Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md. in November 2017. The article quotes Dominion Energy CEO Thomas Farrell as saying “[t]he Cove Point Liquefaction construction is effectively complete and the facility is going through its advanced-commissioning phase.” Once service commences, Cove Point...
U.S. LNG Companies to Visit China Next Month
Posted on Oct 27, 2017 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on U.S. LNG Companies to Visit China Next Month
Reuters reports that 10 of the 29 companies traveling to China next month with U.S. Commerce Secretary Ross and President Donald Trump are involved in energy and gas, including representatives from Cheniere Energy Inc., owners of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La., and Delfin Midstream LLC, which is building floating LNG vessels off the Louisiana coast....