Judge Recommends Dismissal of Oregon LNG’s Suit Regarding Army Corp of Engineers’ Easement
Posted on Aug 3, 2015 in Environmental, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Judge Recommends Dismissal of Oregon LNG’s Suit Regarding Army Corp of Engineers’ Easement
A magistrate judge at the U.S. District Court of Oregon has recommended granting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) motion to dismiss Oregon LNG’s suit seeking a declaration that ACE’s easement rights over land Oregon LNG wants to use to build its LNG import/export terminal near Warrenton, Ore. is invalid. The judge found that the suit was filed after the expiration of the...
MARAD to Prepare EIS for Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License Application
Posted on Jul 30, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Marine Regulation | Comments Off on MARAD to Prepare EIS for Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License Application
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has issued a notice of intent to prepare in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard an environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of its environmental review of Delfin LNG LLC’s (Delfin LNG) application for a license to construct and operate an offshore LNG deepwater port export terminal for offshore Cameron Parish, La. The onshore pipeline to...
CE FLNG Requests Continuation of FERC Pre-Filing Review Status
Posted on Jul 28, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on CE FLNG Requests Continuation of FERC Pre-Filing Review Status
CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), an affiliate of Cambridge Energy Group Limited, has submitted a response to FERC’s letter directing FLNG to submit by August 1, 2015, draft resource reports in support of its proposed self-propelled floating LNG export terminal on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La. FERC stated that unless the reports were filed by...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements for Proposed Brownsville, Texas LNG Terminals
Posted on Jul 27, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements for Proposed Brownsville, Texas LNG Terminals
FERC has issued notices of its intent to prepare environmental impact statements for the liquefaction and LNG export terminals proposed by Annova LNG Brownsville, Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, and Rio Grande LNG, LLC. All three projects are proposed for the Brownsville, Texas area. The complete dockets for the three projects can be accessed through eLibrary by searching Docket Nos....
New Energy Bill Includes Provision to Speed-up Non-FTA LNG Exports
Posted on Jul 23, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on New Energy Bill Includes Provision to Speed-up Non-FTA LNG Exports
The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, introduced yesterday by U.S. Senators Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), includes a provision at Section 2201 “requiring the Secretary of Energy to issue a final decision, approving or disapproving, any application to export natural gas to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States no later than 45 days...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
Posted on Jul 17, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Magnolia LNG Project
FERC has released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Magnolia LNG liquefaction and export terminal project at Lake Charles, La. and the interconnected pipeline. The DEIS concludes that construction and operation of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts, but the impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the...