Backers of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project along the south-central coast of Oregon have filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeking approval to export LNG to nonfree-trade nations. Backers want to develop a combination import-export facility at Coos Bay, along with a natural gas-fired baseload and peaking generation plant. Jordan Cove already has conditional approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for an LNG import terminal and connecting 230-mile transmission pipeline. It now has on file with FERC a proposal to build liquefaction export facilities alongside the regasification import facilities. Jordan Cove is backed by a group headed by Fort Chicago Energy Partners (see Daily GPI, March 21).

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