Dow Chemical LNG Re-Export Application Noticed
Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow) application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), requesting blanket authorization for a two year period to export up to 390 Bcf of LNG that previously been imported from foreign sources, has been noticed in the Federal Register. Dow seeks authorization to export the LNG from the existing Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to any country with the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. Dow’s application can be found on DOE’s website under Docket No. 12-76-LNG. Comments on Dow’s application are due October 4, 2012.