TransCanada Alaska Co. LLC (TC Alaska) has suspended development of the North Slope-to-Alberta leg (Alberta option) of its planned Alaska Pipeline Project while it assesses other alternatives to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas, including the potential export of liquefied North Slope gas, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said in a report to Congress. Following an unsuccessful open season, “TC Alaska notified the Commission on May 11 it was curtailing interim work on the Alberta option while requesting to maintain the record in Docket No. PF09-11 for potential future use. Keeping the prefiling docket open will enable the draft resource reports and other information…to remain viable until TC Alaska moves forward on either the Alberta option or another alternative,” FERC said. TC Alaska “also indicated it was working with Alaska North Slope producers to explore the feasibility of developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project that would include constructing a pipeline from the North Slope to an LNG export terminal at an undetermined location in Southcentral Alaska (LNG option). TC Alaska estimated that it would file an application with the Commission for that project in October 2014,” the agency told Congress. “The Commission will not move forward to the next step in its NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] process until TC Alaska decides whether it will proceed with a pipeline to serve North American markets (Alberta option) or embarks on a project to liquefy and export natural gas to foreign markets (LNG option).”
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FERC Updates Congress on Switch in Plans for Alaska Gas
TransCanada Alaska Co. LLC (TC Alaska) has suspended development of the North Slope-to-Alberta leg (Alberta option) of its planned Alaska Pipeline Project while it assesses other alternatives to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas, including the potential export of liquefied North Slope gas, FERC said in its 14th report to Congress on the Alaska pipeline project.
Alaska Officially Turns to LNG Solution for North Slope Gas
Last Wednesday market forces officially shifted Alaska’s effort to commercialize its North Slope gas from a Lower 48 pipeline project to an in-state pipeline with gas liquefaction and export capability to serve high-value Asian markets. Along the way to export, some of the gas would be diverted for use in state.
Alaska Officially Turns to LNG Solution for North Slope Gas
On Wednesday market forces officially shifted Alaska’s effort to commercialize its North Slope gas from a Lower 48 pipeline project to an in-state pipeline with gas liquefaction and export capability to serve high-value Asian markets. Along the way to export, some of the gas would be diverted for use in state.
Texas Researchers Pursuing Synthetic Fuel Conversions in Gas Patch
The University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) and 1st Resource Group Inc. of Fort Worth, TX, are collaborating to commercialize a process to convert natural gas to synthetic fuel at a cost they said is “lower than current market rates.”
Developer Says Time Is Right for California Syngas Project
Los Angeles-based Rentech Inc., a research and development (R&D) firm, is ready to commercialize a waste-to-clean energy process. The planned Rialto (CA) Renewable Energy Center is promising unprecedented environmental and energy benefits in both the power and transportation sectors.
Developer Says Time Is Right for California Syngas Project
Los Angeles-based Rentech Inc., a research and development (R&D) firm, is ready to commercialize a waste-to-clean energy process. At this point the planned Rialto (CA) Renewable Energy Center is promising unprecedented environmental and energy benefits in both the power and transportation sectors.
Alaska Legislation Would Combine Energy Agencies
As Alaska wrangles with declining in-state natural gas supplies and pursues a long-haul pipeline to commercialize its North Slope gas reserves, lawmakers have proposed that the state’s Energy Authority and Natural Gas Authority be folded into the Alaska Department of Energy.
Bill Would Combine Alaska Energy Agencies
As Alaska wrangles with declining in-state natural gas supplies and pursues a long-haul pipeline to commercialize its North Slope gas reserves, lawmakers have proposed that the state’s Energy Authority and Natural Gas Authority be folded into the Alaska Department of Energy.
BP, ConocoPhillips to Partner on Alaska Gasline Project
BP and ConocoPhillips Tuesday announced a 4 Bcf/d Alaska gasline project, called Denali — The Alaska Gas Pipeline, to commercialize the state’s vast North Slope gas reserves. They claimed the project would be the largest private-sector construction ever in North America.
