FERC Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Charles Liquefaction Project
Posted on Aug 14, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Charles Liquefaction Project
Today, FERC released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Trunkline Gas and affiliates’ proposed Lake Charles Liquefaction and LNG export terminal project in Calcasieu Parish, La. The liquefaction facilities would have a design production capacity of 16.45 million metric tons of LNG per year, which would provide an LNG export capacity equivalent to about 2 Bcf/day. The...
Canadian Energy Board Grants Bear Head LNG Import and Export License
Posted on Aug 14, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Energy Board Grants Bear Head LNG Import and Export License
The Canadian National Energy Board has granted Bear Head LNG, a subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, 25-year licenses to import up to 503 Bcf/year of natural gas from the United States to Canada via the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and to export up to 685.9 Bcf/year of LNG from Bear Head LNG’s proposed terminal in Richmond County near Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. The...
Environmental Groups Petition Commerce Department to Ban Natural Gas Exports
Posted on Aug 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Petition Commerce Department to Ban Natural Gas Exports
The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace (Petitioners) have filed a petition requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) “immediately promulgate a rule or rules prohibiting the export of all natural gas products . . . from the United States pursuant to Section 103 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended.” The...
Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Posted on Aug 12, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Woodfibre LNG announced that the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has granted Woodfibre LNG’s request to resume the EAO’s environmental assessment process for Woodfibre LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal near Squamish, B.C. The review process had been paused to permit Woodfibre LNG to address environmental concerns with the terminal raised by the Squamish...
Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Downeast LNG has filed Draft Resource Report No. 1 (General Project Description) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review for its proposed LNG import/export terminal in Robbinston, Maine. The report projects a January 2021 completion date for terminal construction. The report can be found here, and the complete docket for the project can be found on eLibrary under...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Project
Today, FERC Staff released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Oregon LNG import/export terminal at Warrenton, Ore. and interconnected pipelines. The DEIS concludes that construction and operation of the Oregon LNG Project and pipelines would result in some adverse environmental impacts but most of these impacts would be temporary or short-term during...