U.S. Senators Support Increased LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. Senators Support Increased LNG Exports
Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and freshman Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) sent letters to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu urging DOE to approve additional exports of...
More Groups Voice Support for LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 23, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on More Groups Voice Support for LNG Exports
America’s Natural Gas Alliance released a statement today supporting LNG exports, and late last week the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, the Montana, Ohio and Oklahoma Chambers of Commerce, and others filed comments at the U.S. Department of Energy supporting exports of domestically produced...
Dow Chemical Leaves NAM Over Gas Export Policy
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Dow Chemical Leaves NAM Over Gas Export Policy
MarketWatch reports that Dow Chemical is leaving the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) because of NAM’s position on LNG export policy. According to the article, Dow Chemical, which favors limits on LNG exports, accuses NAM of supporting member companies that are in the natural gas industry, rather than adopting a neutral position on an issue that splits NAM’s...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. Chamber of Commerce Supports LNG Exports
The Financial reports that several officials of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently spoke in favor of LNG exports. John Murphy, the Chamber’s vice president for international affairs, is quoted as saying that “the notion that the federal government has the power to limit the freedom to export is at odds with U.S. tradition and...
More Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on More Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Comments in support of U.S. LNG exports were filed at the U.S. Department of Energy by NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage, the Virginia Oil and Gas Association, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Indian oil company ONGC Videsh Limited also submitted supportive comments, suggesting that there should be no distinction for...
Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Midwest Mayors and API Support LNG Exports
Oil & Gas Journal reports that a group of mayors from Houston, Tulsa, and various Midwestern cities and John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, separately told reporters that their groups have sent letters to the U.S. Department of Energy in support of LNG exports stating that such exports will benefit the U.S. economy. An audio recording of Tulsa Mayor...