NEB Grants Chevron Canada 40-year LNG Export License
Posted on Dec 9, 2019 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on NEB Grants Chevron Canada 40-year LNG Export License
BNN Bloomberg reports that the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) has approved Chevron Canada’s application for a 40-year license to export LNG from its proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Kitimat, British Columbia. The license was granted despite environmental opposition. According to the report, the Kitimat LNG project “is designed to be the world’s first...
FERC Chairman Meets with Polish Counterpart to Discuss LNG
Posted on Dec 9, 2019 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Meets with Polish Counterpart to Discuss LNG
Last week, FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee met with Rafał Gawin, President of the Polish Energy Regulatory Office, to discuss, among other things, development of the LNG sector in the United States and Europe....
FERC Approves Four LNG Export Projects
Posted on Dec 4, 2019 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Four LNG Export Projects
FERC has issued orders authorizing the construction and operation of three gas liquefaction and LNG export projects to be located along the Brownsville Ship Channel in Brownsville, Texas, and a fourth project that would expand a currently operating facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. FERC approved, with conditions, three Brownsville Ship Channel projects, proposed by Texas LNG...
Freeport LNG Requests Authority to Place Train 1 In-Service
Posted on Nov 20, 2019 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Requests Authority to Place Train 1 In-Service
Freeport LNG has filed a letter with FERC requesting authorization to place Train 1 and the Common Facilities at its liquefaction and export terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, in-service “as soon as possible.” ...
FERC Releases Final EIS for Jordan Cove Energy Project
Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Final EIS for Jordan Cove Energy Project
FERC has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal in Coos Bay, Ore. The Final EIS “concludes that constructing and operating the project would result in temporary, long-term, and permanent impacts on the environment. Many of these impacts would not be significant or would be reduced to less...
DOE Authorizes Long-Term Small-Scale LNG Exports
Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Uncategorized | Comments Off on DOE Authorizes Long-Term Small-Scale LNG Exports
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued orders authorizing long-term “small-scale natural gas exports” to Blue Water Fuels, LLC (Blue Water Fuels) and SpotX Energy, LLC (SpotX). Under DOE’s regulations, “small-scale natural gas exports” are deemed to be consistent with the public interest under section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act. Both Blue Water Fuels and SpotX are authorized...