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...
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Europe Clears Total for Russian LNG (UPI)U.S. FTA with South Korea Goes Into Effect Today
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. FTA with South Korea Goes Into Effect Today
In a statement released this morning, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and South Korea goes into effect today. Going forward, South Korea, a major buyer in the global LNG market, will be a country with which the United States has an FTA in force for the purposes of Department of Energy LNG export...
Japan to Request DOE Permission to Import U.S. LNG
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Japan to Request DOE Permission to Import U.S. LNG
Platts reported today that Japanese delegates intend to meet today with U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman and request permission to import relatively low-priced U.S. LNG. The officials are expected to meet at the International Energy Forum being held in Kuwait...
Analysis: Japan’s Effort to Import U.S. LNG Faces Obstacles
Posted on Mar 8, 2012 in LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Analysis: Japan’s Effort to Import U.S. LNG Faces Obstacles
An analysis carried in The Wall Street Journal argues that there are several obstacles that could prevent Japan from becoming a major importer of U.S. natural gas as LNG, including U.S. domestic law, competition with countries with which the United States already has a free trade agreement, and the relatively small amount of U.S. natural gas that could be available for...
U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. DOE: No Final Orders on Pending LNG Export Applications to Non-FTA Countries Until Completion of Study
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told House Representative Edward Markey in a February 24, 2012 letter that DOE will not issue final orders on pending applications to export LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries until the second half of a two-part study examining LNG exports issues has been completed and DOE has analyzed the...