Jordan Cove LNG Facing More Delays as Pipeline Route Scrutinized

The besieged Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal proposed for Coos Bay, OR, faces yet another stumbling block.

The Oregon supervisor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Paul Henson, wrote in a letter to FERC Tuesday that Jordan Cove needed additional information for a pipeline connector, the 15.2-mile-long Blue Ridge Variation. The alternative pipeline route is for the project’s Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and included in the final environmental impact statement (EIS). 

The final EIS issued last December was backed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Blue Ridge alternative would reduce the impact on late-stage old growth forest, habitat for the marbled murrelet and northern spotted owl. In a letter earlier this month, FERC said the 2019...