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FERC Issues Environmental Review Schedules for 12 Pending LNG Terminal Applications

FERC announced that its Staff has issued environmental review schedules for 12 LNG terminal applications pending before it. The schedules reflect FERC’s efforts in recent months to streamline its review process for LNG project applications. Schedules were issued for the following proposed LNG projects: Alaska LNG Annova LNG Brownsville Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 3  Driftwood...

FERC Releases Anticipated Final Order Dates for Three LNG Projects

FERC has issued notices of the anticipated dates of final orders for the following LNG export terminal projects: Gulf LNG (July 16, 2019); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass (January 22, 2019); and Alaska LNG (February 6, 2020).    ...

Rio Grande LNG EPC Contract Now Expected Third Quarter 2019

Platts reports that NextDecade has decided not to move forward with an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with McDermott International for NextDecade’s proposed Rio Grande LNG project on the Brownsville, Texas Ship Channel.  An EPC contract is now expected to be reached in the third quarter of 2019 after competitive bidding process and prior to a final investment...

FERC and PHMSA Sign MOU to Coordinate LNG Reviews

FERC and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which establishes a framework for coordination between FERC and PHMSA to process LNG facility applications in a timely and expeditious manner. According to the press release, PHMSA is responsible for standards governing the location and design of LNG facilities,...

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