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Alaska LNG Files Monthly Status Report

Alaska LNG has filed a report with FERC covering through April 2016 the status of pre-filing environmental review activities for its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Nikiski, Alaska and 800-mile interconnected pipeline.  The report states that due to ongoing pre-Front End Engineering and Design (pre-FEED) and engineering optimization work, the submittal of a final...

Ex-Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki’s New Company, Driftwood LNG, Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Review Process for Louisiana Terminal

Driftwood LNG LLC and Driftwood LNG Pipeline LLC (together, Driftwood) have filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a 26 million tonnes/year LNG production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River near Carlyss, Calcasieu Parish, La. and an interconnected pipeline. Driftwood anticipates the project to be operational in...

DOE Denies Rehearing of Order Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Exports

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of DOE’s order, which authorizes Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) to export 281 Bcf/year of LNG over a 20-year period from DCP’s proposed LNG export terminal at Lusby, Md. to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.  On rehearing, Sierra Club asserted that DOE’s...

FERC Releases EIS for Golden Pass LNG Export Terminal

FERC has released its environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Golden Pass LNG liquefaction and export terminal on the Sabine-Neches Waterway in Jefferson County, Texas, and the interconnected pipeline.   The EIS concludes that construction of the project would result in some adverse environmental impacts but “those impacts would not be significant with implementation of...

Environmental Assessment for Petronas’ LNG Export Terminal Extended for Three Months

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has been granted a three month extension to review new information and complete its environmental assessment for the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) export terminal near Lelu Island, British Columbia.  Malaysian state oil company Petronas is the primary sponsor of the proposed project.  The Vancouver Sun reports that the delay...

Woodfibre LNG Receives Favorable Environmental Decision

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the proposed Woodfibre LNG export terminal (Woodfibre), located near Squamish, British Columbia, is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.  The Environmental Assessment Decision Statement on the project establishes legally binding conditions, including...

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