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Woodfibre LNG Files Application for B.C. Environmental Assessment Certificate

Woodfibre LNG has filed an application with the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office for an environmental assessment certificate for its proposed LNG production facility and export terminal at the former Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site near Squamish, B.C.  The facility will produce 2.1 million metric tonnes of LNG per year and the estimated LNG carrier frequency...

Fourteen Lawmakers Send Letter to FERC in Support of Jordan Cove Energy LNG Terminal

U.S. Senator Barrasso (R-WY) and thirteen other Republican congressmen from Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming have sent a letter to FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur expressing support for Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed LNG terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and requesting completion of the final environmental impact statement for the project as soon as possible.  Read more in the press...

Exxon Mobil and Imperial Oil Affiliate Submits B.C. LNG Terminal Proposal for Environmental Review

WCC LNG Project Ltd., an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Canada Ltd. and Imperial Oil Resources Limited, has filed with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) a Project Description for a proposed LNG export terminal at Tuck Inlet, Prince Rupert, British Columbia (B.C.).  The Project will have an initial LNG production capacity of 15 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa), with an...

Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville Files Draft Resource Reports

Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC (Eagle LNG) has submitted to FERC Draft Resource Reports 1 (General Project Description) and 10 (Alternatives) for its proposed LNG production, storage, and export facility on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla.  The reports can be found here, and the complete docket for the Eagle LNG project can be found on eLibrary by searching Docket No....

First Nations File Court Appeal of B.C. Approval of Kitimat Feeder Pipeline

The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian First Nations Nadleh Whut’en and Nak’azdli (the First Nations) have filed a court appeal of the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) decision to approve TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which would supply gas to the proposed LNG Canada export terminal near Kitimat, B.C.  The First Nations allege that EAO...

FERC Pushes Back Environmental Review of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project

FERC released a notice extending the date for the issuance of a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project to be located offshore Puerto Rico.  The FEIS will now be released on February 20, 2015, and other federal agencies will have until May 21, 2015 to finish their review of the proposal.  FERC’s notice can be found here, and the...

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