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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Natural gas market fundamentals are aligned for adequate supply under normal winter conditions, but extreme cold snaps could threaten infrastructure across portions of the United States, federal regulators have warned. FERC and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) earlier this month issued the 2023-2024 Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment. Citing adequate storage…

Columbia Gas Transmission LLC (TCO) and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) each gained FERC approval on three projects designed to boost natural gas deliveries to the Southeast and East Coast.  Transco’s Southeast Energy Connector (SEC) would increase firm transportation supply by 150,000 Dth/d from Mississippi and Alabama to an existing power generation facility…

The potential closure of the Everett LNG import terminal in New England next year could jeopardize the reliability and affordability of the region’s energy supplies, FERC and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warned in a joint statement.  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Willie Phillips and NERC CEO James Robb expressed concerns over the…

The energy sector remains vulnerable to extreme cold weather and must remain steadfast in implementing the previous recommendations outlined by federal regulators to shore up reliability, particularly those addressing the interdependence of natural gas and electricity. In a final report published Tuesday on Winter Storm Elliott, which ravaged the U.S. East Coast and whose impacts…