Environmental

Federal energy regulators concluded in a positive final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Venture Global Inc.’s Phase 2 expansion of Calcasieu Pass LNG (CP2) that the project could be built with limited environmental impacts. “This is a major regulatory milestone for the project that puts us on track for a Commission vote and the commencement…

Federal energy regulators have issued a positive final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Venture Global Inc.’s Phase 2 expansion of Calcasieu Pass LNG (CP2), concluding it would have limited environmental impacts. “This is a major regulatory milestone for the project that puts us on track for a Commission vote and the commencement of construction later…

As NextDecade Corp. awaits a critical FERC decision for the Rio Grande LNG facility later this week, federal regulators have paused the regulatory process for a project intended to significantly reduce emissions from the Texas export project. In a letter published Friday, Federal Energy Regulatory Staff informed the Houston-based firm that it was suspending an…

As the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC works toward a target in-service date in the second half of 2023, the developer will have to wait until at least next summer to receive an updated environmental review from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The USFS plans to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the…

Green groups in Mexico are urging regulators to throw out two environmental impact statements submitted by TC Energy Corp. for the proposed Southeast Gateway offshore natural gas pipeline. The 1.3 Bcf/d, $4.5 billion conduit is meant to shore up gas supply in central and southeast Mexico, including to state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) Olmeca…

Energy Transfer LP (ET) affiliates have reached a plea deal and accepted criminal charges related to the Mariner East 2 (ME2) and Revolution pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, resolving cases brought by state Attorney General (AG) Josh Shapiro since last year. ET affiliates pleaded no contest to 23 counts against both pipelines without admitting guilt. Another…

Restoration projects for the now canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Supply Header Project (SHP), which would have carried 1.5 Bcf/d from Appalachia, are unlikely to cause significant environmental impacts based on the mitigation measures planned, according to FERC. Dominion Energy and joint venture partner Duke Energy last year canceled the 600-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d ACP,…

FERC plans to fine Energy Transfer Partners LP and subsidiary Rover Pipeline LLC $40 million over alleged violations during work on a 2017 horizontal directional drill (HDD) at the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, OH. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission handed down a show cause order during last week’s monthly meeting, formalizing its intent to…

Alberta’s oil and natural gas firms are set to make a C$2.3 billion ($1.8 billion) start to seal a backlog of 95,524 inactive wells over the next five years under rules enacted Wednesday by the province’s production watchdog agency. The requirements translate the more stringent environmental legislation into “tools we need to begin to move…