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Cameron Parish Supports SCT&E LNG Project

SCT&E LNG went before the Cameron Parish Police Jury to formally announce the twelve million metric tons per annum (mtpa) Liquefaction Project on Monkey Island.  At the meeting, the Cameron Parish Police Jury announced its decision to fund a $150,000 feasibility study to determine the construction of one or more bridges linking Monkey Island with Cameron Parish mainland.  The new...

Alaska LNG Project Enters Phase to Design and Develop Alaska Gasline

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and TransCanada have signed an agreement to begin the next phase of the Alaska LNG Project.  During this phase, the parties will design and develop a gas line for the transportation of LNG.  The Alaska LNG Project will now apply for an export license from the Department of Energy.  Read more in the press...

Gulf LNG Hosts Open House Forum

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co. hosted a community open house last Thursday night where local politicians, port and business leaders, and residents gathered to review information and ask questions about a proposed $8 billion project to add on to an existing liquefied natural gas storage terminal in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This open house was required as part of the pre-filing process Gulf...

Clatsop County was Biased against Pipeline for Oregon LNG, Must Reconsider Permit

Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals told the Clatsop County commissioners that they must reconsider the land use permit previously denied for a pipeline to serve Oregon LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal in Warrenton. The Board of Appeals determined that one of the commissioners was biased against the project and should have recused himself from the initial 5-0 decision to deny the...

Dominion Cove Point LNG Receives Approval for Electric Generation Station; Environmental Groups to Appeal

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has conditionally approved Dominion Resources’ application to construct a 130 megawatt generating station to produce LNG for export at Dominion Cove Point LNG’s (DCP) terminal in Lusby, Md.  According to the press release, “the station will consist of two 65-megawatt steam turbine generators that produce electricity. The waste heat from two...

Alaska Governor Parnell Signs Alaska LNG Project Legislation

The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that Alaska Governor Parnell signed legislation yesterday  enacting the state’s participation in the Alaska LNG Project with producers BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, and pipeline company TransCanada.  The project consists of the construction of a pipeline to access North Slope gas supplies with an interconnection to a proposed liquefaction...

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