Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) Texas-Louisiana Expansion project, aimed at bringing additional natural gas supply to the Gulf Coast, is now fully subscribed after two LNG exporters signed on as customers. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL), a KMI subsidiary, told FERC in a recent filing it has inked agreements to supply the Golden…
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Biden Moves to Restore FERC to Five in Nominating Two Democrats, One Republican to Panel
President Biden has nominated two Democrats and one Republican to join FERC, which has been perilously short-handed for months. By statute, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is to be composed of five people, with no more than three from the same political party. Only three people are serving FERC today, led by Chair Willie Phillips,…
Venture Global Fighting Disclosure on Contracts, Awaiting FERC Reply on Calcasieu Pass Deadline
Long-term offtakers of Venture Global LNG Inc.’s Calcasieu Pass terminal in Louisiana are again pressing FERC to make the export project developer provide information about the facility, this time targeting a request to extend the commissioning process. Earlier this month, Venture asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the deadline for its 10 million…
Venture Global Asks FERC for 1-Year Extension of Calcasieu Pass LNG Commissioning
Work at Venture Global LNG Inc.’s Calcasieu Pass export facility could stretch on until the end of the year, requiring the firm to seek an authorization extension from FERC, the company disclosed in a recent filing. The Virginia-based company has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant it an extra year to complete the…
Manchin Challenges DOE’s Turk on Effects of LNG Permit ‘Pause’
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said its temporary pause on new LNG export authorizations would not affect pending extension requests for projects’ existing export licenses. “To be clear, this pause does not affect that process,” DOE Deputy Secretary David M. Turk said during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday. The…
Transco Files to Add 1.6 Bcf/d of Southeast Natural Gas Takeaway Capacity
Williams has filed with FERC for authorization to build its Southeast Supply Enhancement Project that would add about 1.6 Bcf/d of capacity to its Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) for natural gas deliveries from Virginia to Georgia. The pre-filing request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 1 comes three months after Williams…
Tellurian Taps Lazard to Help Secure Equity Partners, Contracts for Driftwood LNG
Tellurian Inc. Chairman Martin Houston said the firm is exploring ways to secure contracts and partnerships for the proposed Driftwood LNG project with the help of a global financial adviser, pushing back on reports it may be looking to sell after an organizational shakeup. In a letter to investors Monday, Houston confirmed reports that Tellurian…
Transco, TGP Granted FERC Approvals for Natural Gas Expansions
FERC on Thursday approved separate natural gas projects, including by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP), that would expand deliveries to the Gulf Coast and Northeast. Transco, a Williams subsidiary, received the green light for its Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway to serve rising demand for LNG…
Conservation Groups Take Aim at Driftwood LNG Pipeline Projects in Latest DC Circuit Arguments
Environmental groups are continuing to pressure LNG export facility and pipeline developers through federal appeals courts as lawsuits seeking to repeal authorizations stack up. In the latest of a series of filings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Healthy Gulf and the Sierra Club requested FERC’s approval of two…
Japanese Offtakers Ask FERC for ‘Timely’ Authorization Decision for CP2 LNG
Some of Japan’s largest LNG players are voicing concern about the timeline of FERC’s authorization decision on Venture Global Inc.’s Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG project as they try to balance the country’s long-term natural gas supply outlook. The CEOs of Inpex Corp. and Jera. Co. Inc. have penned letters to the Federal Energy Regulatory…