Rio Grande LNG EPC Contract Now Expected Third Quarter 2019
Posted on Sep 5, 2018
Platts reports that NextDecade has decided not to move forward with an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with McDermott International for NextDecade’s proposed Rio Grande LNG project on the Brownsville, Texas Ship Channel. An EPC contract is now expected to be reached in the third quarter of 2019 after competitive bidding process and prior to a final investment decision on the project. According to the report, “that timing would keep NextDecade on target to begin commercial operations as early as 2023.”...
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FERC and PHMSA Sign MOU to Coordinate LNG Reviews
Posted on Sep 5, 2018
FERC and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which establishes a framework for coordination between FERC and PHMSA to process LNG facility applications in a timely and expeditious manner. According to the press release, PHMSA is responsible for standards governing the location and design of LNG facilities, and FERC is responsible for determining whether proposed FERC-jurisdictional LNG facilities are in the public interest. The MOU provides that PHMSA will review LNG project applications to determine whether a...
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PHMSA to Take Lead Role in Reviewing LNG Project Applications’ Siting Issues
Posted on Aug 29, 2018
S&P Global Platts reports that the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) will be taking the lead role in evaluating proposed LNG project applications’ compliance with siting requirements in PHMSA regulations related to LNG facilities. PHMSA reportedly sent letters to the developers of proposed LNG projects with applications pending at FERC notifying them of the new process on siting reviews. According to the report, “PHMSA has previously provided feedback or evaluation of FERC’s reviews of project design but will now take on a more front-line role in...
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Republican Senators Question FERC on Pending LNG Export Applications
Posted on Aug 27, 2018
A group of Republican U.S. Senators has sent a letter to FERC Chairman McIntyre “urging FERC to approve pending [LNG] export project applications in a timely manner, and seeking information regarding FERC’s approval process and the agency’s available resources.” The letter was signed by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Kennedy (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Cory Gardner (R-CO), James Inhofe (R-OK), and James Risch (R-ID)....
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Pieridae Energy to Acquire Access to Alberta Gas Reserves
Posted on Aug 27, 2018
Pieridae Energy Limited (Pieridae), sponsor of the proposed Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia, and Ikkuma Resources Corp. (Ikkuma) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition by Pieridae of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Ikkuma, which “will provide Pieridae with ownership of an extensive area of producing and gas-prone reserve and resource properties situated primarily in the central Alberta Foothills area.” Pieridae CEO Alfred Sorensen stated “[t]he purchase of Ikkuma begins the final steps to reaching the Final Investment...
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Corpus Christi Liquefaction Files Construction Status Report
Posted on Aug 21, 2018
Corpus Christi Liquefaction has filed a report with FERC covering construction through July 2018 at its Corpus Christi, Texas, liquefaction and LNG export terminal. The report states that Stage 1 (Trains 1 and 2) engineering and procurement are now 100% complete; subcontract and direct hire construction work are 78.2% and 80.7% complete, respectively; and overall project completion for Stage 1 is 91.2%. Train 1 is projected to achieve substantial completion in the 1st half of 2019. Stage 2 (Train 3) engineering is 67.8% complete; procurement is 48.1% complete; subcontract and direct hire...
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CCL Cleared to Introduce Feed Gas for Train 1
Posted on Aug 20, 2018
FERC has issued a letter order granting Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC’s (CCL) request to introduce feed gas in support of commissioning activities for Train 1 and the dry flare systems at CCL’s liquefaction and LNG export terminal at Corpus Christi, Texas.
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