Alaska LNG

Conservation groups are again challenging Alaska LNG’s export approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), arguing the agency’s latest environmental assessment should have measured the project’s potential contribution to climate change. The Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirmed its decision authorizing the Alaska LNG project to export the super-chilled fuel, but will require the facility to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The DOE ordered the condition after a challenge from the Sierra Club and other environmental groups that oppose the project. As part of the export…

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy sees the state’s future connected to its role as a global energy supplier, which means utilizing more natural gas resources and developing LNG exports to Asia, he said during the annual State of the State address. The Republican governor, who is beginning his second term, said he intended to build on…

The state sponsor of the proposed Alaska LNG export project has submitted a proposal for an Alaskan hydrogen hub to the Department of Energy (DOE) it says will extend the project’s potential to send low-carbon energy to Asia, reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) is the latest state agency to…

The state-owned organization developing the Alaska LNG export project on the Kenai Peninsula has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corp., Toyo Engineering Corp. and Hilcorp Alaska to study creating zero-carbon ammonia and carbon capture and sequestration projects. Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) said the Japanese firms and Houston-based Hilcorp, the largest natural gas producer in…

The long-planned Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project could competitively rival both foreign and Gulf Coast competitors with deliveries to Asia, according to a new cost analysis by Wood Mackenzie. Alaska LNG could deliver super-chilled gas to Japan with a cost of supply (CoS) of $6.70/MMBtu, under the conditions studied by the consultancy. The latest…

Environmental groups have asked a federal court to order FERC to vacate its authorization for the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, arguing the Commission did not adequately review the development’s environmental impacts. In a petition filed last week in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC), the Center for…

Alaska is pursuing federal funding and partnering with a private firm to jumpstart a long-simmering pipeline project to export North Slope natural gas. Tim Fitzpatrick, spokesman for the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC), told NGI that Alaska aims to begin the first phase of the state’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline and export plant…

Former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is spearheading a new company to build a “large volume” pipeline to export North Slope natural gas, according to state documents. According to news media reports, Alaska Gasline & LNG LLC is working to buy the state’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC)…