Import

FERC has given Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC the green light to place into service its Phase II import terminal operations.

Record demand for natural gas liquids (NGL) capability in the Gulf Coast region has moved Enterprise Products Partners LP to expand its NGL import/export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel (HSC). It was one of a handful of deals/projects Enterprise announced last week as a strong outlook for NGLs helped to move one analyst following the partnership to reinforce his “positive view.”

Record demand for natural gas liquids (NGL) capability in the Gulf Coast region has moved Enterprise Products Partners LP to expand its NGL import/export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel.

In the final regulatory hurdle needed for Sempra Energy to begin re-exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Cameron LNG import terminal in Hackberry, LA, as soon as Feb. 1, FERC on Thursday approved the company’s request, saying no environmental or other sensitive resources will be adversely affected since no new facilities or modifications of existing facilities are required.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Empire Pipeline Inc.’s request to use its existing import facilities at the U.S.-Canadian border to export natural gas to Canada, noting that both countries are signatories to the North American Free Trade Agreement [CP10-136]. The 233-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline said it has begun receiving requests for firm transportation service from primary receipt points in the U.S. to a delivery point at its interconnection with TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. at the U.S.-Canada border. Empire, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Co., said expanding production from the Marcellus Shale is driving gas to new markets (see NGI, Sept. 13).

Expressing confidence that his energy projects ultimately will win, a lead manager for Oregon’s proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a related 234-mile natural gas transmission pipeline to interconnect with the regional gas grid told NGI that an ongoing state-federal fight in a district court in Eugene, OR, likely will not be resolved until mid-2011. In the meantime there are other permits that Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline will be pursuing that won’t be finished until the same time next year.

Saying he is sure his energy projects ultimately will win, a lead manager for Oregon’s proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a related 234-mile natural gas transmission pipeline to interconnect with the regional gas grid told NGI Thursday that an ongoing state-federal fight in a district court in Eugene, OR, likely will not be resolved until mid-2011.

Sempra Energy has asked federal regulators for permission to reexport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Cameron LNG import terminal in Louisiana. If approved by FERC, the terminal would join Freeport, TX, and Sabine Pass, LA, terminals in its ability to reexport LNG shipments.

Manufacturing and materials required to build a proposed liquefaction and export plant at the existing Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Cameron Parish, LA, would cost more than $1.6 billion, Cheniere Energy subsidiary Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC said in a draft resource report filed with FERC.