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State of Oregon Requests FERC to Consider Environmental Effects of Fracking from Oregon LNG Project

The State of Oregon filed comments at FERC requesting consideration of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing in FERC’s environmental review of the Oregon LNG export terminal project. The comments can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....

FERC Requests Further Action for Two Applicants on Pre-filing Requests

FERC has requested that Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company (Gulf LNG) and Southern LNG Company, L.L.C./Elba Express Company, L.L.C. (Southern LNG) provide additional information before their requests to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for their respective LNG export terminals projects are considered. FERC’s requests can be found on eLibrary under Docket No. PF13-3...

Petition Requests Obama Administration to Study Human Health Effects of Fracking Before Approving More LNG Export Terminals

A group of 107 medical and scientific professionals have signed a petition urging the Obama Administration to put on hold the approval of new U.S. LNG export terminals until the potential human health effects from an increase in hydraulic fracturing have been researched...

Two LNG Export Projects Request FERC to Initiate Pre-Filing Procedures

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (Gulf LNG) has asked FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed two-phased liquefaction and export project that will be integrated with Gulf LNG Energy, LLC’s existing LNG terminal near Pascagoula, Miss. Gulf LNG anticipates in-service dates of September 2018 and March 2019 for Phases I and II,...

Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Draft Resource Reports

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, filed draft resource reports for its LNG export project in the prefiling environmental review docket at FERC. The reports can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....

FERC Releases Environmental Assessment for Hawaii LNG Proposal

Yesterday, FERC released its environmental assessment (EA) for The Gas Company, LLC’s proposal to operate proposed Phase 1 facilities as an LNG terminal in Hawaii to receive LNG from the continental United States. The EA concludes that the environment is not involved in the proposal since there is no proposed construction of facilities and operation of the Phase 1 facilities...

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