DOE Authorizes Elba Island LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on Dec 19, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes Elba Island LNG Exports to Non-FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order authorizing Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. to export over 20 years up to 130 Bcf/year of LNG from its LNG export terminal at Elba Island, near Savannah, Ga. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA nations) with the United States. The volume authorized for export is the same as authorized for LNG exports from the Elba...
FERC Denies Rehearing of Order Approving Elba Island LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Dec 12, 2016 in Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Denies Rehearing of Order Approving Elba Island LNG Export Terminal
FERC has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s and others’ requests for rehearing of FERC’s June 1, 2016 order approving construction and operation of Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C. et al.’s proposed LNG export terminal at Elba Island, near Savannah, Ga. and feeder pipeline. Generally, FERC denied the rehearing requests contending that FERC’s environmental review of the proposed...
Federal Court Rejects Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Corpus Christi LNG Orders
Posted on Nov 4, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Federal Court Rejects Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Corpus Christi LNG Orders
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a Judgment denying Sierra Club’s appeal of FERC’s orders approving the Corpus Christi Liquefaction LNG export project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Citing its opinion regarding the Freeport LNG terminal, the Court stated that regarding the indirect effects of natural gas exports on the environment, FERC’s National Environmental...
First Nations and Environmental Group Challenge Pacific NorthWest LNG Decision in Court
Posted on Oct 28, 2016 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on First Nations and Environmental Group Challenge Pacific NorthWest LNG Decision in Court
The Canadian Press reports that Canadian First Nations groups, the Gitwilgyoots Tribe and Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, and the SkeenaWild Conservation Trust have filed separate applications for judicial review in Federal Court of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) decision approving Pacific NorthWest LNG’s (PNWLNG) proposed liquefaction and export terminal near...
FERC Requests Proposed Brownsville Area LNG Projects to Assess Failed Rocket Launch Impacts
Posted on Oct 27, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Requests Proposed Brownsville Area LNG Projects to Assess Failed Rocket Launch Impacts
FERC has sent letters to Annova LNG, Rio Grande LNG, LLC, and Texas LNG Brownsville, LLC, stating that their proposals to construct LNG export terminal facilities near Brownsville, Texas “involve[] possible siting concerns posed from potential failed rocket launches from the nearby Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s launch site at Boca Chica Village.” FERC requested the...
FERC Releases Update on Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Project
Posted on Oct 26, 2016 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Update on Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Project
FERC has released an update on its pre-filing environmental review of Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC’s (Eagle) proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Jacksonville, Fla. According to the update, FERC is currently reviewing draft Resource Reports submitted for the project by Eagle and will provide comments on them to Eagle. Eagle will incorporate the comments in the...