Environmental Groups Ask for Court Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Authorizations
Posted on Jun 2, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Litigation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Ask for Court Stay of Dominion Cove Point LNG Authorizations
EarthReports, Inc. (d.b.a. Patuxent Riverkeeper), Sierra Club, and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network have filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit requesting an immediate stay of two FERC orders authorizing construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal in Lusby, Md., and to halt all construction on the project. The groups...
DOE Grants Alaska LNG Conditional Authorization to Export to Non-FTA Nations
Posted on May 28, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Grants Alaska LNG Conditional Authorization to Export to Non-FTA Nations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally authorized Alaska LNG Project, LLC (Alaska LNG) to export up to approximately 20 million metric tons per annum (929 Bcf/year) of LNG produced from Alaska sources over a 30-year term. The order permits Alaska LNG to export LNG by vessel from the proposed Alaska LNG Project in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska to...
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Files Draft Resource Reports
Posted on May 27, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Files Draft Resource Reports
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville has filed draft Resource Reports 1 through 12 with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review of its proposed LNG production, storage, and export facility on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla. As outlined in Resource Report 1’s General Project Description, LNG produced at the facility will be loaded into trucks and containers or onto...
Article Provides Update on ExxonMobil Canada and Imperial Oil Resources LNG Terminal Project
Posted on May 21, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Article Provides Update on ExxonMobil Canada and Imperial Oil Resources LNG Terminal Project
An article in The Northern View provides an update on the proposed WCC LNG Project Ltd. export terminal project, sponsored by ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. and Imperial Oil Resources Limited, at Tuck Inlet, Prince Rupert, British Columbia. According to the report, starting in June, WCC LNG will hold working group meetings with First Nations stakeholders as part of the project’s...
Freeport LNG Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Procedures for Fourth Liquefaction Train
Posted on May 20, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Procedures for Fourth Liquefaction Train
Freeport LNG Development, L.P. has filed a request with FERC for initiation of the pre-filing environmental review process for the construction of a fourth gas liquefaction train, with a production capacity of approximately 5.1 million tonnes per annum, at the Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project and LNG export terminal currently under construction on Quintana Island, Texas....
Bear Head LNG Receives Environmental Approval for Nova Scotia LNG Terminal
Posted on May 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bear Head LNG Receives Environmental Approval for Nova Scotia LNG Terminal
Bear Head LNG has announced that the Nova Scotia Department of Environment (NSE) has approved Bear Head LNG’s provincial Environmental Assessment for the development of an 8 million tonnes per year LNG export facility in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. Bear Head LNG states that the NSE approval is the last of the 10 initial federal, provincial and local regulatory approvals needed to...