Senate Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Gas Issues
Posted on Feb 12, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senate Energy Committee Holds Hearing on Gas Issues
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing today to explore opportunities and challenges associated with America’s natural gas resources. Testimony was provided by several witnesses and an archived webcast of the hearing will be available...
BP and Freeport LNG Sign 20-Year Tolling Agreement
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on BP and Freeport LNG Sign 20-Year Tolling Agreement
Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. (Freeport LNG) announced today that it entered into a binding 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement (LTA) with BP Energy Company for 4.4 million tons per year, covering the production capacity of the second train of Freeport LNG’s liquefaction project near Freeport, Texas. The LTA with BP will commence upon completion of construction of the second...
CLNG’s Bill Cooper Provides Testimony on LNG Exports Before Senate Energy Panel Hearing Tomorrow
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on CLNG’s Bill Cooper Provides Testimony on LNG Exports Before Senate Energy Panel Hearing Tomorrow
Bill Cooper, President of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, today submitted written testimony in advance of tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on “Opportunities and Challenges for Natural Gas.” In his testimony, Cooper addresses arguments against LNG exports and notes that the United States has more than enough natural...
Energy Analyst Discusses U.S. LNG Exports on NPR Radio
Posted on Feb 11, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Energy Analyst Discusses U.S. LNG Exports on NPR Radio
National Public Radio aired an interview today with Sarah Ladislaw, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she discusses U.S. LNG exports and other U.S. energy-related topics. Read the transcript from the broadcast...
American Chemistry Council Reaffirms Support of LNG Exports
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on American Chemistry Council Reaffirms Support of LNG Exports
The American Chemistry Council released a statement yesterday reaffirming its opposition to new LNG export restrictions and its support of LNG exports under existing laws. The statement notes that “[t]here is a lack of clear consensus among our members concerning whether the Natural Gas Act’s ‘public interest’ requirement should be further defined in export...
Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Op-Ed: Allow Some Gas Exports While Protecting U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence and National Security
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wrote in an Op-Ed published in The Hill today that he is not opposed to all gas exports, but seeks to find a balance where some gas exports are permitted to keep production flowing and the U.S. manufacturing resurgence and national security interests are...