Cheniere Energy, Inc. said Thursday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Cheniere’s proposed Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and associated pipeline. The facilities are designed with initial processing capacity of 2.6 Bcf/d. In the DEIS, FERC concludes that approval of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact, Cheniere said. The public comment period on the draft runs through January 4, 2005. FERC will conduct a public scoping meeting on Dec.15, 2004 to give the public an opportunity to present oral comments on the environmental impact described in the DEIS. The Houston-based LNG developer has a 66.7% interest in the Corpus Christi project. It holds a 100% interest in an LNG project at Sabine Pass in Cameron Parish, LA, which just received its final environmental okay (see Daily GPI, Nov. 15), and is also a 30% limited partner in Freeport LNG Development, L.P., for a terminal in Freeport, TX which already has received FERC authorization and has a five-year construction timetable (see Daily GPI, Sept. 16). Cheniere also conducts exploration for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico.

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