County Re-Approves Land-Use Permit for Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Pipeline
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Environmental, LNG Exports, LNGLawBlog, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Re-Approves Land-Use Permit for Jordan Cove LNG Export Project Pipeline
County commissioners in Coos County, Ore., voted this week to re-approve a land-use permit for the Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline associated with the planned Jordan Cove LNG export project. The World (Coos Bay) reports that this week’s decision took into account the expected minimal impacts of the construction of the pipeline on local Olympia...
FERC Completes Onsite Environmental Review of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Completes Onsite Environmental Review of Corpus Christi LNG Liquefaction Project
FERC has released a report detailing its February 28, 2012 Onsite Environmental Review of the Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction and export project, including photographs of the project site and a map of the proposed pipeline route. Find the report in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
Controversy Over LNG Exports Reminds Some of Keystone Fight
Posted on Mar 14, 2012 in Environmental, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Controversy Over LNG Exports Reminds Some of Keystone Fight
An article in CNN Money today draws similarities between the fight over the Keystone oil pipeline project and LNG export projects, with environmental groups opposing energy resource developers. The article references Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project as an example of the broader controversy in which environmental groups are pushing the U.S. government to take the...
Cove Point Files Second Cooling Cargo Settlement
Posted on Mar 5, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cove Point Files Second Cooling Cargo Settlement
On March 2, 2012, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (“Cove Point”) filed a proposed settlement which would govern the terms of the second purchase and sale of LNG supplies needed to maintain the cryogenic portions of the Cove Point LNG terminal cooled to the temperature necessary to receive LNG imports. The settlement, necessitated by the lack of LNG imports to the terminal and...
Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Project Opponent Responds to Sabine Pass LNG’s Supplemental Environmental Filing
The Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition (GCELC) has filed a response with FERC to Sabine Pass LNG’s supplemental environmental information submitted to the Commission last month. GCELC’s response is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for Excelerate’s Aguirre Project
Posted on Feb 29, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for Excelerate’s Aguirre Project
Yesterday, FERC issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Excelerate Energy L.P.’s proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort project, proposed to serve the existing onshore Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Central Aguirre Power Plant. FERC’s notice invites public input on the scope of environmental review for the project an is...