Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Files Draft Resource Report
Downeast LNG has filed Draft Resource Report No. 1 (General Project Description) with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review for its proposed LNG import/export terminal in Robbinston, Maine. The report projects a January 2021 completion date for terminal construction. The report can be found here, and the complete docket for the project can be found on eLibrary under...
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Aug 5, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Oregon LNG Project
Today, FERC Staff released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Oregon LNG import/export terminal at Warrenton, Ore. and interconnected pipelines. The DEIS concludes that construction and operation of the Oregon LNG Project and pipelines would result in some adverse environmental impacts but most of these impacts would be temporary or short-term during...
FERC Authorizes Excelerate’s Aguirre LNG Import Terminal for Offshore Puerto Rico
Posted on Jul 27, 2015 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Excelerate’s Aguirre LNG Import Terminal for Offshore Puerto Rico
FERC has issued an order authorizing Excelerate Energy subsidiary Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC to construct and operate an LNG import terminal along the southern shore of Puerto Rico, near the municipality of Salinas. The Aguirre LNG Project is being developed in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to provide natural gas as an alternative energy supply...
FERC Releases Schedule for Environmental Review of Oregon LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 17, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Schedule for Environmental Review of Oregon LNG Terminal
FERC has released the schedule for its environmental review of Oregon LNG’s proposed import/export terminal in Warrenton, Ore. FERC expects to release its Final Environmental Impact Statement for the project on February 12, 2016. Other federal agencies will then have until May 12, 2016 to complete their review of the project components under their jurisdiction. FERC’s notice can be...
Army Corps of Engineers Requests FERC to Consider Alternatives in Jordan Cove Energy Terminal Final EIS
Posted on Apr 15, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Army Corps of Engineers Requests FERC to Consider Alternatives in Jordan Cove Energy Terminal Final EIS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, (COE) has submitted extensive comments on FERC’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Jordan Cove Energy Project’s (JCEP) proposed LNG import/export terminal in Coos Bay, Ore. COE requested, among other things, that (1) FERC consider the proposed Oregon LNG export terminal in Warrenton, Ore., and proposed LNG export terminals...
Coast Guard and MARAD Temporarily Suspend Review of Port Ambrose LNG Import Project
Posted on Mar 26, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Coast Guard and MARAD Temporarily Suspend Review of Port Ambrose LNG Import Project
The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) have temporarily suspended their review of Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose deepwater LNG import terminal to be located off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. The suspension was implemented to permit the Coast Guard and MARAD to complete their Final Environmental Impact Statement for the project and to...