Extension

A five-year construction deadline extension has been granted to the C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) Woodfibre liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on the southern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) set a new permit expiry date of October 2025. The schedule extension does not create hazards or harm rights…

FERC has given the proposed Magnolia liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project near Lake Charles, LA, and an associated Kinder Morgan Inc. pipeline expansion five additional years to be placed in service because of the difficulty in securing long-term customers to finance the project. The 8.8 million metric ton/year (mmty) project and the so-called Lake…

Freeport LNG Development LP has asked FERC for a three-year extension to place a fourth train online at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on Quintana Island in Texas, citing a weak global economy and the need for a new engineering contractor. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the fourth liquefaction train in May…

A developer is offering capacity in a new western region natural gas storage project at the same time projects in the Gulf Coast region — the traditional gas supply area — have struggled and storage capacity there has beenunderutilized.

New Mexico Gas Co. plans to seek a federal permit for an extension of its pipeline system to enable exports of natural gas to Mexico. It would be the state’s first such pipeline.

No construction promises and only a pledge to watch markets for signs of need were made when Canada’s frozen northern pipeline plan Thursday won a seven-year reprieve from dying due to weak natural gas and oil prices.

In separate filings Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) joined Spectra Energy Partners LP in asking FERC to extend the comment period for changes to its Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation.

FERC on Thursday approved a Houston-based start-up company’s request for additional time to complete construction and place into service the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) peak-shaving storage facility in Florida.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett defended the decision to enact an impact fee, rather than a severance tax, on oil and gas drilling, and he said there was nothing new to report on a proposed ethane cracker in the western part of the state.